Oleh Olzhych

In 1929 he joined the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and became head of their cultural and educational branch. After the split in the OUN in 1938, Olzhych remained loyal to the Andriy Melnyk faction and represented the OUN-M in Carpatho-Ukraine as Melnyk's deputy. Olzhych's poetry focused on themes of the Ukrainian struggle for independence. He moved to Kyiv in 1941 and was instrumental in the formation of the Ukrainian National Council. After Melnyk’s arrest in 1944, he briefly became head of the OUN-M. He was arrested by the Gestapo along with other political activists who were seeking of revival of Ukraine. He was severely beaten and died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp on 9 June 1944, with primary accounts split over whether he succumbed to his injuries or committed suicide by hanging. The Ukrainian diaspora and OUN veterans in exile financed and erected in Lehighton, Pennsylvania in July 1977. Then head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in exile Oleh Zhdanovych flew from Europe to attend the opening ceremony. A monument to Olzhych was unveiled in Zhytomyr in 2017. The son of the famous Ukrainian writer Oleksandr Oles.

Oleh Olzhych studied at Charles University and Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. The recorded working language is Ukrainian. The field of work recorded is archaeology, poetry and anthropology. Places of work recorded in the authority are Prague and Cambridge. Employment is recorded with Harvard University.

• Name — Oleh Olzhych • Native Name — Олег Ольжич • Birth Name — Oleh Oleksandrovych Kandyba • Born — 8 July 1907 • Birthplace — Zhytomyr, Russian Empire • Died — 10 June 1944 • Place of death — Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Nazi Germany • Occupation — Poet, archaeologist, activist

Oleh Olzhych was recorded at birth as Олег Олександрович Кандиба. He also worked under the names D. Kostjantyn and O. The authorities additionally record the headings Oleh Olʹžyč, Oleh Kandyba, O. Kostiantyn and D. His recorded language was Ukrainian. One child is recorded: Oleh Kandyba.