Canadian Jewish organizations and social media critics are slamming the
Canadian Parliament for giving a man who fought for the Nazis a standing
ovation during an event featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy’s visit to the country.
"FSWC is appalled that Canada’s Parliament gave a standing ovation to a
Ukrainian veteran who served in a Nazi military unit during the Second
World War implicated in the mass murder of Jews and others. An apology and
explanation is owed," the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Canadian
nonprofit dedicated to educating people on the Holocaust, wrote on X,
previously known as Twitter.
Video and photos show the Canadian Parliament erupted into cheers on
Friday during Zelenskyy’s visit to the country’s capital of Ottawa, when
Canadian lawmakers also honored Yaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old Ukrainian
immigrant who fought for the First Ukrainian Division, according to the
Toronto Star. That division was also known as the Waffen-SS Galicia
Division, which fought for the Nazis as its paramilitary arm under the
Schutzstaffel organization, according to the outlet.
"The fact that a veteran who served in a Nazi military unit was invited to
and given a standing ovation in Parliament is shocking. At a time of
rising antisemitism and Holocaust distortion, it is incredibly disturbing
to see Canada's Parliament rise to applaud an individual who was a member
of a unit in the Waffen-SS, a Nazi military branch responsible for the
murder of Jews and others and that was declared a criminal organization
during the Nuremberg Trials," the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
continued in their statement.
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