In Ukraine, discussion of the country’s role in the Holocaust is taboo. While some nationalists did collaborate with Nazis in the 1940s, broaching this subject in any capacity is politically explosive at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin is falsely claiming Ukraine still has Nazi sympathies. Filmmaker Dana Kavelina, however, believes exploring the role Ukrainians played in the death of their Jewish neighbors is vital. Theo Merz reports from an arts festival where he spoke to Kavelina in Graz, Austria.
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