Warsaw Process

Warsaw Process – a Ukrainian term relating to a trial against the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) before a Warsaw circuit court that took place 18 November 1935 – 13 January 1936 as a consequence of the assassination of Minister of Internal Affairs Bronisław Pieracki in Warsaw on June 15, 1934.

Stepan Bandera, Mykola Lebed and several other members of the OUN were proven guilty of preparation of the assassination, though the actual perpetrator has never been arrested.

Accused

During the Warsaw process was judged twelve members of the OUN: Stepan Bandera, Bohdan Pidhainy, Mykola Lebed, Yaroslav Karpynets, Mykola Klymyshyn, Dariya Hnatkivska, Yaroslav Rak, Yakiv Chorniy, Kateryna Zarytska, Ivan Malyutsa, Roman Myhal and Yevhen Kachmarsky.

Penalty

After a two-month trial in Warsaw, the court sentenced the guilty as follows:

The court also denied Hnatkivska, Malyutsa, Kachmarsky, Myhal, Chorny, Zarytska and Rak civil rights for 10 years.

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