Wasyl Cykwa's later William Campbell (born 7th May 1914, died 30th June 2004 in Glasgow) was a Polish-Ukrainian soldier during World War II. He distinguished himself in the battle of Narvik and was awarded the Norwegian War Cross with swords for his efforts.
Ilya Mandelbaum was born in Ukraine in 1909 and he married Ukrainian Maria who was a doctor. They had a son, Isaac, in 1936. Ilja enlisted in the Red Army in the summer of 1941. After that, Mary and Isaac never heard from him again.
Alexander Volyansky was born on November 2, 1920 in the city of Lyubotyn in Ukraine. He was sent to a prison camp in Skeidalen near Bodø in 1944.
Memorial to fallen comrades, erected by prisoners of war
From Oscar Bodøgaard's collection, Bodøgaard art & culture
“A normally constructed truth lives in the rule
a 17-18 years, maximum 20 years. Rarely anymore. "
- Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People
In the days after the German capitulation on May 8, 1945 and throughout the summer, a large number of memorials were build by the surviving prisoners of war in Nordland, in honor of their deceased brothers.
In 2008, Viktor Ivanovich Shevchenko was 79 years old. He was a prisoner of war in Norway at Ore on Lista. Here were about 1400 Ukrainian prisoners of war and they built the "Festung Lista."