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Following the war, Canada’s Liberal government classified thousands of Jewish refugees as “enemy aliens” and held them alongside former Nazis in a network of internment camps enclosed with barbed wire, fearing that they would infect their new country with communism. At the same time, Ottawa placed thousands of Ukrainian veterans of Hitler’s army on the fast-track to…
By Max Blumenthal / The Grayzone In the Spring of 1943, Yaroslav Hunka was a fresh-faced soldier in the 14th Grenadier Division of the Waffen-SS Galicia when his division received a visit from the architect of Nazi Germany’s genocidal policies, Heinrich Himmler. Having presided over the battalion’s formation, Himmler was visibly proud of the Ukrainians who had volunteered to support the Third Reich’s efforts. 80 years later, the Speaker of Canada’s parliament, Anthony Rota, also beamed with
The monument in Oakville, around 25 miles from Toronto, honors the 14th Waffen SS division, which Yaroslav Hunka served in,
The monument in Oakville, around 25 miles from Toronto, honors the 14th Waffen SS division, which Yaroslav Hunka served in,
Ottawa, Sep 28 (IANS) On behalf of Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologised for honoring a Ukrainian man in Parliament who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War.