https://apnews.com/article/canada-parliament-apology-ukraine-nazi-eedc22e1d810011c412953168a4cee46
The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons is apologizing for recognizing in Parliament a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II.
The whole Canadian federal House of Commons cheered and honored a Nazi for their service during Zelenskyy's visit. A blunder of international proportions, Russian media is taking full advantage of the coverage. It's ridiculous this was allowed to happen and that nobody checked or cared about what the "First Ukrainian Division" was. Credit to the Marxists and Jewish advocacy groups for first researching and publicizing this before the mainstream news picked it up days later.
"It's ridiculous this was allowed to happen and that nobody checked or cared about what the "First Ukrainian Division" was."
The guy who invited and introduced him said he did it because the dude was from his district, and didn't bother to tell anybody about it, which is plausable, I guess. What's shocking to me is that he is the Speaker of the House. He clearly didn't do his research, and doesn't know his history (he said the Nazi bravely fought the Russians for the independence of Ukraine, or some stupid shit like that). What is this, the US?
Things get a bit murky with the volounters of eastern europe there was a ss division from balticum that after the war where put as guards at nurnberg.
Yeah unfortunately a lot of that murkiness involved siding with Hitler even if the individual was only motivated by Ukrainian independence, at least that's probably the best case scenario, a lot of times that also involved fascist sentiments. These units committed atrocities, not all of them, but they were all treated the same after the war and allowed to resettle. Is it possible with some of these individuals to empathize but not sympathize as a historical approach would take? Whatever the answer, I don't think it's appropriate to honor them for their service like what just happened in the entire house of commons.
Calling it a blunder might even be an understatement, although I don't think a lot of the House knew this was happening or had a chance to assess this guy before they performatively "honored" him, which potentially makes it even stupider.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
TORONTO (AP) — The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons apologized Sunday for recognizing a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II.
Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address in the House of Commons on Friday, Canadian lawmakers gave 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka a standing ovation when Speaker Anthony Rota drew attention to him.
Canadian lawmakers cheered and Zelenskyy raised his fist in acknowledgement as Hunka saluted from the gallery during two separate standing ovations.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office said in a statement that Rota had apologized and accepted full responsibility for issuing the invitation to Hunka and for the recognition in Parliament.
The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies issued a statement Sunday saying the division “was responsible for the mass murder of innocent civilians with a level of brutality and malice that is unimaginable.”
“An apology is owed to every Holocaust survivor and veteran of the Second World War who fought the Nazis, and an explanation must be provided as to how this individual entered the hallowed halls of Canadian Parliament and received recognition from the Speaker of the House and a standing ovation,” the statement said.
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