Two Nazi battalions, Nachtigall and Roland, were formed from ethnic Ukrainians in Nazi-occupied Poland in February 1941. They were among the first units to invade the Soviet Union in June 1941, but were disbanded in August after Germany failed to declare an independent Ukraine.
Shortly after Nazi troops entered Ukraine in June 1941, nationalist leader 'Stepan Bandera' called on Ukrainians "to help the German army in defeating Moscow and Bolshevism."
On June 30 the Nachtigall Battalion entered Lvov. The documentary record shows that its members committed atrocities against the Jewish population.
The street renaming was initiated by the nationalist 'Svoboda' party (currently rperesented in Kiev's new government parliment) and supported by members of Yulia Tymoshenko's party.
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