Neo-Nazis, white nationalists go on pilgrimage to Galicia Waffen-SS memorial
Neo-Nazis, white nationalists go on pilgrimage to Galicia Waffen-SS memorial
The move has been condemned by Jewish groups who renewed calls for the monument at an Oakville cemetery to be taken down
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Neo-Nazis and white nationalists have gone on a pilgrimage to an Ontario memorial to the Waffen SS Galicia division, the Ukrainian Nazi-led unit, after one of its veterans received a standing ovation in Parliament last month, prompting renewed calls for the monument to be torn down.
White nationalists have posted photographs of themselves on social media at the memorial, alongside tributes to Yaroslav Hunka, whom they call “a hero.” One man, whose face is obscured, is wearing a T-shirt featuring the black sun – a neo-Nazi symbol based on a mosaic at the German castle used by Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS.
“It’s unsurprising that neo-Nazis have made a pilgrimage to a monument commemorating a Waffen-SS unit, but it is outrageous that this could happen on Canadian soil,” said Michael Levitt, president and chief executive officer of the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center.
House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota resigned last month after he paid tribute to the 98-year-old Mr. Hunka, whom he had invited to sit in the visitors’ gallery during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Professor Per Anders Rudling has found around 12 former members of the division who have given money to the university’s Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, including former SS veterans who settled abroad.
Prof. Rudling of Lund University in Sweden said he has found evidence that Mr. Kubijovych – who settled in France – collaborated with Hans Frank, Adolf Hitler’s lawyer who was implicated in the mass murder of Jews and executed for war crimes.
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