Instead of a Sermon: Polish Priest Plays Nationalist Song (Video)

A priest in Warsaw played the Ukrainian march "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna" (Oh, red snowball on the meadow) of Symon Petljura's Sitsch Riflemen to his worshippers instead of a sermon.

Petlyura belonged to the Directory and was military commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1918-1920) in which about 40,000 Jews were killed.

Sholom Schwartzbard shot Petlyura in 1926 in exile in Paris, but was acquitted because he had lost 15 family members.

This song was also used by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which took part in the 1943 Volhynia massacre (100,000 dead Poles).

Meanwhile, the British rock band Pink Floyd has also released its version of the song - the group's first song in 28 years.

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