Poland slams Canadian govt for glorifying Nazi collaborator Yaroslav Hunka

Days after the Canadian Parliament gave a standing ovation to a 98-year-old Nazi collaborator Yaroslav Hunka, the Polish ambassador to Canada Witold Dzielski on Monday (September 25) demanded an apology from the Justin Trudeau-led-government.

In a tweet, Dzielski wrote (archive), “09/22 Canada and Ukrainian leadership at House of Commons cheered a member of Waffen-SS Galizien, notorious UA military formation of World War 2 responsible for murdering thousands of Poles and Jews.”

The Polish Ambassador to Canada stated, “Poland whose best ally is Ukraine has, will never agree on whitewashing such villains. As Ambassador to Canada, I expect an apology.”

09/22 🇨🇦&🇺🇦 management at @OurCommons cheered a member of Waffen-SS Galizien, infamous #UA army formation of #WW2 accountable for murdering 1000’s of Poles & Jews.

🇵🇱 greatest ally 🇺🇦 has, won’t ever agree on whitewashing such villains! As 🇵🇱 Amb. to 🇨🇦 I count on an apology. pic.twitter.com/j6EkVWGg1d

— Witold Dzielski (@WitoldDzielski) September 24, 2023
Canada celebrated Nazi soldier who fought for Hitler in World War II

On twenty second September, the Canadian House of Commons gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a World War II veteran who fought for “Ukrainian independence” in opposition to Russian aggressors.

This is how the speaker of the House, Anthony Rota, launched him. The 98-year-old struggle veteran, nonetheless, was a member of a SS unit, the 14th SS-Volunteer Division “Galicia”, established in 1943 by the Nazis. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was additionally current in the course of the event.

Notably, SS was the principle paramilitary group below Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany and was primarily accountable for tunning Holocaust operations. 14th SS-Volunteer Division Galicia was made up of volunteers, which signifies that Yaroslav Hunka joined the unit on his personal will, and was not conscripted.

The struggle criminals of World War II and Canadian connections

The members of the First Ukrainian Division have been deemed struggle criminals by a number of consultants. However, Canadian inquiry into their historical past didn’t recognise them as struggle criminals. Interestingly, there’s clear proof that Canada housed at the least 3,000 struggle criminals.

Canadian authorities established a fee to look into struggle criminals, and the fee headed by Justice Jules Deschenes submitted its report in December 1986 titled “Commission of Inquiry on War Crimes“.

As per the report, the Canadian authorities had allowed over 2,000 struggle criminals from WWII to enter Canada regardless of the Canadian Jewish Congress’s opposition. The fee gave Hunko’s division “clean chit” because of the lack of proof.

2014 Nazi Hunter Steve Rambam referred to as Canada a protected haven for struggle criminals. Notably, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs additionally referred to as out Canada in a current assertion for giving shelter to terrorists and gangsters.