Stashynsky: Bandera’s assassin and a defector to the West. Where did he go?
Many people know that Stepan Bandera was killed by a Soviet agent. Far fewer know the disturbing life story of his assassin, Bohdan Stashynsky.
I trace his recruitment, his betrayal of the people around him and his eventual betrayal of the KGB itself. How did he escape to the West, and what part did a woman play in that decision?
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Starting work for the KGB
21:50 The assassination of Bandera
36:20 Inge Pohl, escape to the West and the trial
1:03:19 Consequences and conclusions
Background music: Scott Buckley — “I Walk With Ghosts”.
Sources
Сергій Плохій. «Убивство у Мюнхені. По червоному сліду».
Московські вбивці Бандери перед судом: збірка матеріалів / за ред. Данила Чайковського.
Шлях Перемоги, 12.10.1961, 14.10.1961.
Soviet Use of Assassination and Kidnapping https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/studies-in-intelligence/archives/vol-19-no-3/soviet-use-of-assassination-and-kidnapping/
"Якби могла, сама убила б убивцю Степана Бандери…"
https://wz.lviv.ua/far-and-near/144757-yakby-mohla-sama-ubyla-b-ubyvtsiu-stepana-bandery
"Борщовичі: Квіти, яблука і вбивця Бандери"
https://localhistory.org.ua/texts/reportazhi/borshchovichi-kviti-iabluka-i-vbivtsia-banderi/
Альпійські курорти та баварські криївки Степана Бандери.
https://photo-lviv.in.ua/al-piys-ki-kurorty-ta-bavars-ki-kryivky-stepana-bandery/
I trace his recruitment, his betrayal of the people around him and his eventual betrayal of the KGB itself. How did he escape to the West, and what part did a woman play in that decision?
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Starting work for the KGB
21:50 The assassination of Bandera
36:20 Inge Pohl, escape to the West and the trial
1:03:19 Consequences and conclusions
Background music: Scott Buckley — “I Walk With Ghosts”.
Sources
Сергій Плохій. «Убивство у Мюнхені. По червоному сліду».
Московські вбивці Бандери перед судом: збірка матеріалів / за ред. Данила Чайковського.
Шлях Перемоги, 12.10.1961, 14.10.1961.
Soviet Use of Assassination and Kidnapping https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/studies-in-intelligence/archives/vol-19-no-3/soviet-use-of-assassination-and-kidnapping/
"Якби могла, сама убила б убивцю Степана Бандери…"
https://wz.lviv.ua/far-and-near/144757-yakby-mohla-sama-ubyla-b-ubyvtsiu-stepana-bandery
"Борщовичі: Квіти, яблука і вбивця Бандери"
https://localhistory.org.ua/texts/reportazhi/borshchovichi-kviti-iabluka-i-vbivtsia-banderi/
Альпійські курорти та баварські криївки Степана Бандери.
https://photo-lviv.in.ua/al-piys-ki-kurorty-ta-bavars-ki-kryivky-stepana-bandery/