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Yosyf Zisels

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In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Samuyilovych and the family name is Zisels.

Yosyf Zisels
Йосиф Зісельс
Born (1946-12-02) 2 December 1946 (age 78)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan)
Alma materChernivtsi University
AwardsOrder for Courage, I classOrder of Merit

Yosyf Samuyilovych Zisels (Ukrainian: Йосиф Самуїлович Зісельс; born 2 December 1946), also Josef Zissels, is a Ukrainian human rights activist and former Soviet dissident.[1]

He was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group (UHG), involved in the samizdat movement, human rights activist, prominent activist in the Jewish movement in Ukraine, and a political prisoner.

On 24 June 2003, the Council of Leaders of All-Ukrainian Jewish Organizations stated that "Chairman of the Vaad of Ukraine, Joseph Zissels, 'is declared persona non grata in the Jewish community and has no right to represent the Jewish community of Ukraine'".[2][3]

In April 2015, Yosyf Zisels stated that the combination of the slur "zhyd" and the word "banderite", which killed Jews, "acquired a new meaning and a positive connotation".[4]

On 13 October 2016, Zisels noted that "representatives of the OUN Ilko Savchin and Mikhailo Svistun hid the Jewish family from the Germans for almost the entire war".

Zisels believes that the monument to Symon Petliura, whose soldiers killed many thousands of Jews,[5] may be in Vinnytsia, where a large number of Jews were exterminated.[6]

On 27 April 2018, Zissels criticized the opinion of 56 US congressmen who were concerned about the "growth of state-funded anti-Semitism",[7] saying that their words were not true.[8]

Awards

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Opinions about Zisels

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Bibliography

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  • 'Khronika tekushchykh sobytiy' ['Chronicle of Current Events'] (CCE). — New York: Khronika, 1977, issue No. 44 — p. 35.
  • CCE.— New York: Khronika, 1978, issue No. 48.— pp. 43–44.
  • CCE.— New York: Khronika, 1979, issue No. 51.— pp. 41, 151, 178; issue No. 52.— pp. 21–24, 133
  • CCE.— New York: Khronika, 1980, issue No. 53.— p. 29-35, 175; issue No. 57.— p. 88.
  • Vesti iz SSSR [News from the USSR] . V. 1. 1978–1981.— Munich: Prava cheloveka — 1978, 3–16, 4–1;1979, 5–8, 7–2, 8-8, 11–6, 18/19-24, 22–21; 1980, 2-36, 9–11.
  • Vesti iz SSSR. V. 2. 1982–1984. — Munich: Prava cheloveka — 1984, 19/20-2, 23–1.
  • Vesti iz SSSR. V. 3. 1985–1986. — Munich: Prava cheloveka — 1985, 7/8-3.
  • Vesti iz SSSR. V. 4. 1987–1988. — Munich: Prava cheloveka — 1987, 19/20-18; 1988, 5/6-45, 19/20-5.
  • The Ukrainian Helsinki Group. On the 20th anniversary of its creation — Kyiv.: URP, 1996.— p. 13.

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  1. ^ Verba, Lesya; Bohdan Yasen (1980). The human rights movement in Ukraine: documents of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, 1976-1980. Helsinki Guarantees for Ukraine Committee. Smoloskyp Publishers. p. 265. ISBN 0-914834-44-4.
  2. ^ "Украина накануне бат-мицвы. — «Вести», 14.08.2003". Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. ^ "ЗИСЕЛЬС НА РАСПУТЬЕ". Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Правозащитник Иосиф Зисельс поставил неутешительный диагноз Украине". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Проскуровский погром". 16 January 2014. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Евреи Винницы — антиукраинские силы. Похоже, так считает Иосиф Зисельс". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  7. ^ "В Конгрессе США обвинили Украину в "прославлении нацизма"". 26 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Лидер евреев в Украине выдвинул серьезные обвинения конгрессменам США". 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  9. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 8 листопада 2006 year № 937/2006 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України засновників та активістів Української Громадської Групи сприяння виконанню Гельсінкських угод» (in Ukrainian)
  10. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 26 листопада 2005 year № 1653/2005 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України колишніх політичних в'язнів і репресованих» (in Ukrainian)
  11. ^ "UKRAINIAN JEWISH LEADER ACCUSES 'DAILY MAIL' OF FABRICATING HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM QUOTE". 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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