Jarosla Hunka, 98, fougt for the Waffen-SS, a Nazi unit which murdered Jews 'with a level of brutality and malice that is unimaginable,' according to Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies
Hunka was a member of a unit in the Waffen-SS, a Nazi military branch which murdered Jews and others “with a level of brutality and malice that is unimaginable,” according to Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies.
Hunka received two standing ovations from those gathered while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was alongsideIn a statement calling for an apology, the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center said: “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.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recognise Yaroslav Hunka, who fought with a Nazi unit in the Second World War In a statement, Mr Rota took responsibility for what was characterised as an oversight, calling the initiative “entirely my own”.
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