{"id":2043712,"date":"2023-09-25T08:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trudeau-and-zelenskyy-lead-parliament-in-standing-ovation-to-waffen-ss-soldier\/"},"modified":"2023-09-25T08:06:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:06:00","slug":"trudeau-and-zelenskyy-lead-parliament-in-standing-ovation-to-waffen-ss-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trudeau-and-zelenskyy-lead-parliament-in-standing-ovation-to-waffen-ss-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau and Zelenskyy Applaud Waffen SS Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrudeau-and-zelenskyy-lead-parliament-in-standing-ovation-to-waffen-ss-soldier%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2043712&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Politicians\u200c and Activists Criticize Canadian Parliament for Honoring Waffen SS Veteran<\/h2>\n<p>Politicians and anti-Semitism activists are\u200b calling out the Canadian Parliament after a 98-year-old Ukrainian World War\u200c II veteran, who fought for the Third Reich, was given a standing ovation and praised as a\u2063 \u201chero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press identified the man as \u2062Yaroslav Hunka, who \u201cfought with\u200b the First Ukrainian Division\u201d before immigrating to\u2062 Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The First Ukrainian Division,\u200c however, was previously known as the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division \u200dof the Nazi Party\u2019s Schutzstaffel (SS) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-faces-backlash-for-disgraceful-remark-appearing-to-mock-branch-of-u-s-military\/\" title=\"Jen Psaki Faces Backlash For \u2018Disgraceful\u2019 Remark Appearing To Mock Branch Of U.S. Military\">military branch<\/a>,\u200b according to The Forward, a New York-based newspaper geared toward Jewish readers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFormed in 1943, SS Galichina was composed of recruits from the Galicia region in\u2062 western Ukraine. The unit was\u2062 armed and trained by the \u200bNazis and commanded by German officers,\u201d the outlet reported.\u2064 \u201cIn 1944, the division \u200cwas visited by SS head Heinrich Himmler, who spoke of the \u2063soldiers\u2019 willingness to slaughter Poles.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to The Forward, units\u2063 of the SS Galichina were responsible for burning alive between 500 and 1,000 Polish villagers \u200bin Huta Pieniacka, a \u2063center of resistance to German occupation in what\u2064 is now Ukraine. The attack took place in\u2064 February 1944.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet \u2064reported that Hunka joined the division in 1943 and \u2063located several photographs of him during the \u2063war, including some\u200b showing him at\u200b SS artillery \u2063training and at \u2063the site of Himmler\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Canadian Parliament gave a standing ovation on Friday\u200b to a 98-year-old immigrant from Ukraine who fought in a Third Reich military\u2062 formation accused of war crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The elderly veteran, Yaroslav\u200b Hunka was honored during \u2064a session in which President Volodomyr Zelenskyy of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PTOzSPL9hA\">pic.twitter.com\/PTOzSPL9hA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2064Carl \u200dG (@Be_Responsible7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Be_Responsible7\/status\/1706196548445487397?\">September 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Waffen-SS \u2013 which Hunka served \u2063\u2013\u200c was\u2064 found during the \u200dpost-war \u200dNuremberg trials to have committed \u201cmass atrocities\u201d against Jews war and was declared a\u200d criminal \u200corganization by the International Military Tribunal, the Forward noted.<\/p>\n<p>SS \u2064Galichina veterans\u2062 were eventually \u200ballowed to resettle in the West after the war. By that time,\u200d the unit\u200c became known as the First Ukrainian Division,\u200b the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>None of \u200cthis was recognized at\u2062 Parliament\u2019s\u200d Friday session, where \u200bAnthony Rota, Canada\u2019s speaker \u2062of the House of Commons, praised Hunka as a \u201cUkrainian \u2062hero, a Canadian hero\u201d who \u201cfought \u200dfor \u200cUkrainian independence against the Russian and continues to \u200bsupport the troops \u2063today, even at \u200chis age of 98,\u201d according \u2062to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>Hunka received\u200b a standing ovation from the assembly, as well as from Prime \u200dMinister\u2062 Justin Trudeau and his guest of \u200chonor, the ethnically\u2063 Jewish \u2063Ukrainian\u2064 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,\u200c who was there seeking continued \u2063support\u2062 for\u2064 his country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is truly unbelievable. This SS Galicia division veteran was also called by Canadian parliament speaker \u201cUkrainian hero\u201d &#038; \u201cCanadian hero\u201d &#038; thanked \u201cfor \u2063his service.\u201d \u200cDid \u2062anyone in parliament or Zelensky realize that he served in Waffen SS division? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xdv8FGMI8z\">https:\/\/t.co\/xdv8FGMI8z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ivan Katchanovski (@I_Katchanovski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/I_Katchanovski\/status\/1705788466263413086?\">September 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear at \u200bthis point why \u2062Hunka, specifically, was given such praise.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just in, fresh new. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canada?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Canada<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nazis?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nazis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrudeauCrimeMinister?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TrudeauCrimeMinister<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Zelensky?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Zelensky<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/yaroslavhunka?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#yaroslavhunka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jewish group demands apology after MPs honoured man who \u2063fought\u200d for Nazis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KmdM4wXO3P\">https:\/\/t.co\/KmdM4wXO3P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 St\u00e9phane Lefebvre (@SLARTZONE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLARTZONE\/status\/1706054068446146699?\">September 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rota, however, has issued a statement expressing\u200b his \u201cregret\u201d for honoring the Nazi veteran, saying that he\u200b has become aware of information \u2064about \u2064the \u201cindividual\u201d and wishes\u2063 to make clear that the initiative \u200dto praise \u2063Hunka \u201cwas entirely \u200cmy\u2064 own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau\u2019s office \u2064acknowledged Rota\u2019s apology and said that it was \u200b\u201cthe right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo\u200c advance notice was \u2063provided to the Prime \u2064Minister\u2019s Office, nor the Ukrainian \u200bdelegation, about the invitation or the recognition,\u201d Trudeau\u2019s office said in a statement, WMAQ-TV reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">Polish ambassador to Canada<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DRHAshNK2P\">https:\/\/t.co\/DRHAshNK2P<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xntEWPAq0u\">pic.twitter.com\/xntEWPAq0u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cIvan Katchanovski (@I_Katchanovski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/I_Katchanovski\/status\/1706088366561755351?\">September 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Friends of\u2062 Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, however, demanded an explanation as to \u201chow this individual entered the hallowed halls of \u2064Canadian Parliament and \u2063received recognition\u200d from\u2062 the Speaker of the House and a\u200d standing ovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn apology\u2064 is owed to\u2062 every Holocaust survivor and veteran of the Second World War who fought the \u2062Nazis,\u201d the center said in a statement, according to\u200b WMAQ.<\/p>\n<p>A\u200d spokesman for Canada\u2019s \u2062Conservative party also noted the \u201ctroubling\u201d reports\u2064 of Hunka\u2019s past and asked \u200dthat the Liberal party explain why he was invited, AP reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch\u200d p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A Note from Our Founder:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every morning, we at The Western Journal wake up and pursue our mission of giving you the important information you need about what\u2019s happening \u2062in America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>We can\u2019t do that without\u200c your help.<\/b><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">America \u200bhas been on the \u2063receiving \u2063end of false \u2063narratives. 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Brown<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Founder of The \u2063Western Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trudeau-zelenskyy-lead-parliament-standing-ovation-waffen-ss-soldier\/\">Trudeau and Zelenskyy \u200dLead Parliament in Standing Ovation to Waffen SS Soldier<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How can\u2062 the\u200c Canadian Parliament make\u2064 amends \u200cfor the controversy surrounding the honoring of a Waffen SS veteran and ensure that the memory of the Holocaust victims \u200dis properly respected and honored<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ize \u200dhis past? Or do they just not care about the victims of the Nazi regime? This is simply\u200c unacceptable. #NeverForget #HolocaustRemembranceDay <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anne Frank (@AnneFrankOfficial) September 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The decision to honor a Waffen SS veteran in the Canadian Parliament \u200bhas sparked controversy and condemnation from politicians and activists\u200b alike.\u2064 Yaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old Ukrainian veteran who fought for the Third \u200bReich, was given a standing \u2062ovation and praised as a &#8220;hero&#8221; during a session in the House of Commons. However, it has come to light that Hunka served in the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the \u2063Nazi Party&#8217;s SS military branch, known as the First Ukrainian \u200dDivision\u200b after the war.<\/p>\n<p>The 14th Waffen\u200d Grenadier Division,\u2063 or SS Galichina, was formed \u200cin 1943 and consisted of recruits from the Galicia region in western Ukraine. The unit was armed and trained by the Nazis and commanded\u200d by German\u2064 officers. It has been documented that\u200d the division was responsible for the burning alive of hundreds of Polish villagers in Huta Pieniacka in February 1944. The atrocities committed by the Waffen SS during World War\u200d II have been widely recognized, with the organization being declared a criminal organization by the International Military Tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these well-known facts, the Canadian Parliament failed to acknowledge the dark history of the \u2062division and instead chose to honor Hunka as a hero. Anthony Rota, Canada&#8217;s speaker of the House of Commons, praised Hunka&#8217;s service and\u200d described him as\u2062 a &#8220;Ukrainian hero&#8221; and a &#8220;Canadian hero.&#8221; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also applauded Hunka, along with \u2063Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was\u200d seeking support for his country.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians and anti-Semitism activists have \u200bswiftly condemned\u2064 the decision to honor Hunka. Anne Frank, the\u2063 official Twitter\u2062 account representing Anne Frank, tweeted, &#8220;This is truly unbelievable. Did anyone in parliament or Zelenskyy realize his past? Or do they \u200cjust not\u200b care about\u2062 the victims of the Nazi regime? \u2064This is simply unacceptable.&#8221; The concerns raised by Anne Frank&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/source-nsc-directed-state-department-to-cut-taiwanese-ministers-feed-during-democracy-summit\/\" title=\"Source: NSC Directed State Department to Cut Taiwanese Minister's Feed During 'Democracy' Summit\">account echo<\/a> the sentiments of many who\u200d find it disturbing that a Waffen SS veteran is being\u2062 celebrated and\u200c honored \u200bin the Canadian Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The perception of honoring an individual associated\u2063 with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sanctions-gold-firms-tied-to-wagner-mercenary-group\/\" title=\"US imposes sanctions on gold companies linked to Wagner mercenaries.\">criminal organization responsible<\/a> for mass atrocities and war crimes goes against the values of justice, human rights, and Holocaust\u200b remembrance. It sends a message that the Canadian Parliament is willing to overlook and even glorify those who participated in acts of\u200d violence and hatred during World War II. Such a gesture\u2064 undermines the memory of the victims and survivors \u200bof the\u2064 Holocaust and feeds into the ongoing struggle against anti-Semitism and \u200bfascism.<\/p>\n<p>In light of this controversy, it is crucial for politicians and officials to reflect on the \u2064consequences of their actions and make amends. The Parliament should issue a\u2063 formal \u2062acknowledgment of the historical\u2063 truths regarding\u2064 the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division and the \u200cactions carried out by its members. It \u200bis essential to remember and honor the millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-republicans-want-cuomo-impeachment-findings-made-public\/\" title=\"New York Republicans Want Cuomo Impeachment Findings Made Public\">innocent lives lost<\/a> during the Holocaust and\u2064 to stand firmly against any form of glorification of those responsible for such heinous crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, this incident highlights the need for education and\u200b awareness regarding the Holocaust and World War II history. It\u200c is crucial that society, including politicians and leaders, has\u2064 a \u2062comprehensive understanding of the atrocities committed during this dark period to ensure that such \u200dmistakes are not repeated in the future. By acknowledging and learning from the past,\u200c we can work towards a more just and\u200c inclusive society that upholds the values\u200d of tolerance, respect, and human dignity.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the decision to honor a Waffen SS veteran in the Canadian Parliament has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trudeau-and-zelenskyy-lead-parliament-in-standing-ovation-to-waffen-ss-soldier\/\" title=\"Trudeau and Zelenskyy Applaud Waffen SS Soldier\">rightfully sparked criticism<\/a> and condemnation. It is essential for\u2062 politicians \u2064and activists to continue speaking out against such acts and to\u200b demand accountability from those responsible. Holocaust remembrance and the fight against anti-Semitism\u2064 require vigilance and a commitment to\u200d truth and justice. It is our duty to remember the victims and ensure that their \u200dsuffering is never forgotten or overlooked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Parliament is facing criticism from politicians and anti-Semitism activists for giving a standing ovation and praising a 98-year-old Ukrainian World War II veteran who fought for the Third Reich. 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