Marempolskyy Basil Feodosiyovych †
He was born Jan. 7, 1927 in the village of Markush Ulanov district, Vinnytsia region in the family poor peasant. There he graduated in 1941 seven-year school.
The Great Patriotic War. The village fell under Nazi occupation. In August 1942 the 15 year old boy Basil Marempolskoho with a group of boys and girls Germans forcibly deported to slave labor in Germany. He was a prisoner camp "Immelman" on the Germans occupied the English island of Jersey (Channel channel) and western France. He worked as navvies on railway construction. where almost died from overwork, beatings, starvation and dysentery. Life-saving orderlies Spaniards. In February 1943 he was transferred to France, worked as a loader in the port city of Saint Malo. Here in August 1944 released Allied troops. By the end of the war was in the camp of Soviet immigrants "Borehar" near Paris, and May 23, 1945 transferred to East Germany, where he was in the Soviet Army. He had contact with English and French members of the antifascist resistance movement.
After returning to his native village at the end of 1945 enrolled in eighth grade Salnytskoyi High School, graduating in 1948, two years studying at the language and literature faculty Berdichevsky Teachers Institute, after which he was sent to educational work in Zaporizhzhya region. Taught in schools in Kiev, was editor of the TV studio, headed by the cabinet of the Ukrainian language and literature of Zaporizhzhya Regional Institute of improvement of teachers. Graduated from Zaporozhye Pedagogical Institute. Here he studied in graduate school part-time and in 1979 he defended his thesis on the basis of Ukrainian language poetry of 60-70s. He received a Ph.D. degree in philology. By the end of his life he worked as assistant professor of Ukrainian literature, Zaporozhye State University.
V. Marempolskyy worked great scientific and public activities: actively speaking presentations at scientific conferences, published scientific articles in journals "Linguistics", "Ukrainian language and literature in school" and collections. Since 1988, the head of Zaporizhzhya Regional Branch of the International Union of juvenile prisoners of fascism.
Basil Feodosiyovych Marempolskyy not only a scientist but also a poet. He wrote poems since childhood. Since 1951 published in the press. During his lifetime published collection of poems, "Zaporozhye - Slaven land" ("Youth", 1956), "Factory Party" ("Youth", 1962), poems for children "Bread of the hare" (Kiev, 1962). After a long break ("Khortytsya," 1998) and published in Zaporizhzhya of the Union of Writers of Ukraine "Khortytsya" in 1998 published documentary novel "Confessions dzhersiyskoho prisoner" - a Swan Song W. Marempolskoho, which was long, almost all his life, the publication of this book and helped in the "Ukrainian National Fund" Mutual understanding and reconciliation ", which he was grateful. This is only the first part of children driven to hard labor in Germany, about their fate. He worked on the continuation of this book, but illness prevented to bring this work to the end. August 4, 2000 Basil Feodosiyovych died. There was an honest man, intelligent, kind, a great worker.
Basil Marempolskyy
(Biography)
During the Second World War 1940-1945 years archipelago of small islands in the English Channel, owned by the English crown (Channel Islands), were captured by German troops. During the occupation of the islands, Hitler gave the order to strengthen them so that a base for landing on the British Isles. To this end, the Nazis navezly workers from many countries of occupied Europe. On the islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney created concentration camps, where prisoners suffer, - slaves gratuitous labor. In the worst conditions were prisoners of the former Soviet Union. In the documentary autobiographical novel "Confessions dzhersiyskoho prisoner," the author tells the tragic fate of Vasily Fedosiyovych Marempolskyy born in 1927 in the village of Markush the Vinnytsia region in the family poor peasant. It also completed seven-year school. The Great Patriotic War, the village fell under Nazi occupation. In August 1942 the 15-year old boy Basil Marempolskoho with a group of boys and girls Germans forcibly deported to slave labor in Germany. He was a prisoner of concentration camps in occupied German English island of Jersey (Channel channel) and western France. He had contact with English and French members of the antifascist resistance movement. Released in August 1944 troops of the allies. By the end of the war was in the camp of Soviet immigrants "Borehar" near Paris. Then transferred to East Germany, where he served in the Soviet Army.
He returned to his native village in late 1945 and entered the eighth grade Salnytskoyi High School, graduating in 1948. Two years studying in language and literature faculty Berdichevsky Teachers Institute, after which aimed at teaching job in Zaporizhzhya region.
Taught in schools in Kiev, was editor of the TV studio, headed by the cabinet of the Ukrainian language and literature of Zaporizhzhya Regional Institute of improvement of teachers. Graduated from Zaporozhye Pedagogical Institute.
Here he studied in graduate school part-time and in 1979 he defended his thesis on the basis of Ukrainian language poetry of the 60-70s. He received a Ph.D. degree in philology. Today is Associate Professor of Ukrainian Literature Zaporizhzhya University.
In 1975 and 1985 at the invitation of the participants of the resistance on the island of Jersey, and in 1981 met with his friends during the war in France.
Since 1988 head of Zaporizhzhya Regional Branch of the International Union of former underage prisoners of fascism.
She writes poems of childhood, from 1951 published in the press. He published collections of poetry:
"Zaporozhye - Slaven land" ("Youth", 1956), "Factory Party" ("Youth", 1962), a book of poems for children "Bread of the hare" (Kiev, 1962). "Bunch Kalin" ("Khortytsya" 1998).
Playing well in prose and criticism.
"Confession dzhersiyskoho prisoner" - the fifth book writer.
