supposedly a prisoner, to keep two pistols.
(3) 28Aug97 in which I ask Simon Wiesenthal why, where other prisoners were shot upon
being recaptured following their escape, he was instead relieved from work and put on
double rations.
It looks very much, Mr. Safer, as if on your 60 Minutes broadcast of 23Oct94, The Ugly
Face of Freedom, your chief witness testifying to Ukrainian collaboration with the
Nazis was himself a war criminal of substantial proportions, a former Gestapo agent
with the blood of many on his hands, perhaps much of it Jewish blood, and who may have
used your interview with him to cast blame on Ukrainians so as to deflect attention
away from his own guilt.
If this blunder of yours is allowed to stand, then it threatens in the end to be
remembered as your chief legacy to 60 Minutes. Would it not be better to finally break
your long silence and by embracing truth to make some attempt to redeem your
reputation?
Lubomyr Prytulak
cc: Ed Bradley, Jeffrey Fager, Don Hewitt, Steve Kroft, Andy Rooney, Lesley Stahl, Mike
Wallace, Simon Wiesenthal.
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Morley Safer Letter 9 15May99 Who murdered Volodymyr Ivasiuk?
But in the meantime, those who come too near to the truth concerning what happened to
Volodymyr Ivasiuk have been the victims of an unusual number of accidents. One man's
wife unexpectedly hangs herself, another man throws himself from a balcony, still
another drowns, yet another falls under the wheels of a car.... But remember, butchers,
God's punishment will descend even upon you!
May 15, 1999
Morley Safer
60 Minutes, CBS Television
51 W 52nd Street
New York, NY
USA 10019
Morley Safer:
Who Murdered
Volodymyr Ivasiuk?
Volodymyr Ivasiuk is best known as a composer and poet,
author of the widely popular song Chervona Ruta whose first
two lines appear below as he wrote them in his own hand,
which song more than anything else made him beloved
throughout Ukraine, and even beyond the borders of Ukraine.
On top of that, Volodymyr was a man of many talents, having
earned a degree in medicine, and having demonstrated talent
in art, photography, and cinematography.
However, having reached his prime
showing so much promise, it was not
given Volodymyr Ivasiuk to develop his
talents further. He was dead at the age
of 30. To the right is a photograph of
his funeral procession, attended by
thousands of mourners despite the
suppression by the state of the