Daria Rebet. Find and Kidnap in Vienna

Against the background of the sensational story of the attempt to first kidnap and then kill one of the leading figures of the OUN, Lev Rebet, in Munich in 1957, the question of how the chekists carried out the operational cultivation of his wife remained somewhat in the shadows of researchers. Interest in her was no less, and perhaps even greater, due to her remarkable charisma, education, intellectual abilities, progressive views, ability to defend her principled position and express it in public discussions and on paper, her authority, and, ultimately, her place in the OUN hierarchy. After all, Daria Rebet was the only female member of the of the OUN Provid. This is emphasized in the declassified documents from the archives of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.

The case opened against Daria Rebet by the mgb of the ussr was code-named “Osa” (“Wasp” – Transl.). She could sting both enemies and political opponents painfully. Stepan Bandera experienced this firsthand during discussions with her at various meetings and forums where they discussed the reform and further development of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, as well as in letters she wrote to him on this topic.

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