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Exclusive: Canada Nazi Scandal Demonstrates Dangers of Historical Illiteracy, Says Poland Govt

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The fact the entire Canadian Parliament, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were blindly led into giving a standing ovation to a former Waffen-SS volunteer demonstrates there is evidently a “large knowledge gap” in the West about its own history, but using this as a learning experience could bring some positive results, a Polish government minister told Breitbart News.

Applauding a former Nazi volunteer soldier in Canada’s Parliament is embarrassing but can be a learning experience to help Canada become a better ally to Poland, Secretary of State of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arkadiusz Mularczyk told Breitbart London in the wake of the Canadian Parliament Speaker Anthony Rota stepping down over the scandal.

Rota had introduced Second World War-era Waffen SS soldier Yaroslav Hunka, who is now a 98-year-old Canadian resident, to the Parliamentary chamber on Friday during a special session attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Introducing him as a “Ukrainian hero, Canadian hero” who “fought [for] Ukrainian independence against the Russians”, the chamber gave two standing ovations to Hunka.

The applause was despite Ukraine and its history of conflict being foremost in the minds of many today and that Russia fought with the Western Allies against Nazi Germany to 1945 being, at least until recently, common knowledge.

Secretary of State Mularczyk said it was a disgrace that Canadian Parliament officials weren’t “aware of the historical facts concerning the Waffen-SS” and weren’t briefed is a “disgrace”, and that the episode clearly demonstrates there is a “large knowledge gap concerning the Second World War”.

Ignorance of what actually went on in the conflict, particularly in Eastern Europe is something the Minister told Breitbart is something he comes across frequently when speaking to people in the rest of the world, saying few seemed to be aware “about Poland’s war losses and the fact Poland has not received compensation for its losses”.

“I am sad to see such lack of knowledge shown as it was in Canada”, he said, but put a positive light on events, saying this learning experience could help Canada to be a better ally in future, particularly when it comes to helping Poland come to a settlement with Germany over their coordinated 1939 invasion with Russia.

Advancing the cause for seeing the Polish people compensated for the over five million Poles killed, the Holocaust brought to their nation by the German invasion, and the systematic destruction and ethnic cleansing of Polish settlements is part of Secretary of State Mularczyk’s government brief. Earlier this year he said Berlin coming clean and opening a dialogue with Warsaw would set a strong precedent for compensation for Ukraine from Russia for their invasions after the present war ends.

Mularczyk said in July that Germany “has an unavoidable obligation to set an example of how a modern, democratic country should help to resolve conflict; but this latest act sets a perfect example to Russia on how to behave as regards Ukraine.”

This is a push that has been supported by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) who said earlier this month that “80 percent of the buildings of Warsaw were destroyed. Assets of Polish banks, credit institutions and insurance companies were looted or destroyed – the insurance claims of millions of Polish policy holders evaporated with the destruction of those companies.

“…Unfortunately, in central Europe many claims for compensation, from both the Nazi and communist eras, remain unresolved. Most of the states that were caught behind Russia’s ‘Iron Curtain,’ including Poland, have imperfect records in this respect. Some claims require governments to consider difficult questions – yet that can’t be an excuse for inaction.”

The German government considers the matter closed due to a Cold War-era, Moscow-backed pronouncement while both Eastern Germany and Poland were under Soviet occupation. Poland rejects the validity of this move in the post-communist world.

Canada’s Speaker of the House Resigns over Honouring Nazi Soldier in Parliament as Trudeau Accused of Hiding

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The Speaker of the House of Commons in the Canadian parliament resigned on Tuesday after taking responsibility for celebrating a 98-year-old Ukrainian who served in a Nazi-controlled unit in World War II during a reception for President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Announcing his resignation as speaker, Liberal MP Anthony Rota said per public broadcaster CBC: “I have acted as your humble servant, carrying out the important responsibilities of this position to the very best of my abilities. The work of this House is above any of us. Therefore, I must step down as your Speaker,” Rota said at 2 p.m. ahead of Tuesday’s question period.

“I reiterate my profound regret for my error in recognizing an individual in the House.”

The resignation came hours after Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government called on him to step down on Tuesday morning. Rota has attempted to take the blame for inviting Waffen SS soldier Yaroslav Hunka to the Parliament, where he was given a resounding round of applause and a standing ovation from the entire house, including from Prime Minister Trudeau and President Zelensky.

However, others, including Conservative opposition party leader Pierre Poilievre said that Trudeau should accept part of the blame for the scandal, arguing that it is his government’s responsibility to vet all guests of the parliament for a state visit such as Zelensky’s last week.

Poilievre also criticised Trudeau for apparently ducking question time for the second straight day, asking: “Where is the prime minister? Why is he hiding?”

“Our nation’s reputation is in tatters. Will he stand up and apologize for this mess he helped create?” he continued. “Has there ever been a greater diplomatic embarrassment in the history of our country? I mean it literally. In coffee shops, in gyms and businesses and boardrooms around the world, people are reading about this massive and shameful disgrace that unfolded under the watch of a Liberal Speaker and a Liberal prime minister.

“And yet he can’t even show up for work. Where is he? Why is he hiding under a rock today?”

Trudeau, for his part, has so far refused to take any blame for the Hunka’s invitation or his personal celebration of the Nazi soldier. Instead,  on Monday Trudeau used the political tactic of diversion, warning the public to be vigilant to “push back against Russian disinformation,” despite his own government admitting that it had honoured a Nazi.

Even with the speaker’s resignation on Tuesday, the political fallout is likely to continue, with the government of Poland considering launching steps to extradite the elderly soldier to potentially face justice for war crimes. While the Waffen SS as a whole was declared to have committed war crimes in the Nuremberg Trials, the 14th Waffen SS Grenadier Division, also known as the Galicia Division, was not specifically sanctioned.

However, the Nazi-controlled division — made up mostly of Ukrainian volunteers — has been implicated in alleged atrocities including a reported massacre of the Polish town of Huta Pieniacka, which prior to its destruction was a refuge for hundreds of Jews fleeing the Nazis.

In comments exclusively provided to Breitbart London, Polish government Minister Arkadiusz Mularczyk said: “This is a great embarrassment for the Speaker of the Canadian parliament. The fact that he wasn’t aware of the historical facts concerning the Waffen-SS, or that he wasn’t briefed accordingly, and that a representative of the Waffen-SS was invited into the Canadian Parliament and applauded is a disgrace.

“However, I recognize the fact that the Speaker took personal responsibility for this error and quickly apologised.”

The Polish Ambassador to Canada, Witold Dzielski, also said that the Speaker has been forgiven for his mistake, saying earlier on Tuesday: Much [thanks] to the Speaker Anthony for a very open and detailed conversation on the past Friday recognition of a 14th Waffen Grenadier Division SS member in House of Commons. It was not intended. If the mistakes make us wiser and our bond stronger, so be it! Thank you Anthony!”

The ambassador has yet to make similar comments of Prime Minister Trudeau, who has yet to issue any apology for the incident.

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Justin Trudeau Warns of ‘Russian Disinformation’ While Refusing Responsibility for Hailing Nazi Soldier

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went back to a favourite playbook of his neo-liberal government, warning of the perils of “Russian disinformation” as his government is facing an international scandal over the invitation of a 98-year-old Ukrainian soldier who fought for Nazi Germany in World War II to a reception for President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Canadian parliament last week.

Continuing to refuse to acknowledge any guilt or involvement in the incident, in which he and President Zelensky gave former Waffen SS soldier Yaroslav Hunka a standing ovation, Justin Trudeau told reporters in Ottowa on Monday that it was “extremely upsetting that this happened” and that it was “deeply embarrassing to the parliament of Canada and by extension to all Canadians.”

Yet rather than taking responsibility, the Liberal prime minister warned of the potential use of the scandal by Moscow, saying: “I think it’s going to be really important that all of us push back against Russian disinformation and continue our steadfast unequivocal support for Ukraine.”

The comments were likely in reference to the Kremlin’s stated invasion aim of “de-Nazification” of Ukraine, particularly the neo-Nazi-linked Azov Battalion, which the establishment media in the West has often overlooked in an apparent attempt to downplay so-called Russian propaganda.

Using the spectre of Russian disinformation is not a novel ploy from Trudeau’s government, with his Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland having previously attempted to use the same excuse when questions began to be raised about her grandfather.

TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 22: Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks during a rally with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Fort York on September 22, 2023 in Toronto, Canada. Zelensky visited Canada for the first time in person since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, ending a North American trip that started with a visit to the U.S. (Photo by Katherine KY Cheng/Getty Images)

TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 22: Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks during a rally with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Fort York on September 22, 2023 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Katherine KY Cheng/Getty Images)

Despite her office’s denials and claims of Russian disinformation, it was later confirmed that Freeland’s grandfather, Michael Chomiak was a Nazi propagandist for the Ukrainian daily newspaper Krakivs’ki Visti (Kraków News). It was also later revealed that Freeland was aware of her grandfather’s collaboration with Nazi Germany as early as 1996.

In what would be a stunning turn of events, some have noted — including veteran journalist and free speech advocate Glenn Greenwald — that under Canada’s strict censorship regime, for giving a standing ovation to the Nazi soldier, the members of the Canadian parliament, alongside Mr Trudeau and Zelensky, could fall afoul of laws against the “promotion of hatred” and the “promotion of antisemitism”, both of which carry sentences of up to two years in prison.

Others have noted Trudeau’s previous role in spreading alleged disinformation, particularly his comments during the trucker “Freedom Convoy” against his coronavirus lockdown regime. Last year, the Liberal PM accused Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman — who is of Jewish heritage — of standing alongside “people who wave swastikas.” As independent journalist Matt Taibi noted, even the left-wing Snopes fact-checker acknowledged that such signs at the convoy were intended “as a way of mocking and protesting government restrictions.”

While the Speaker of the House, Anthony Rota — who hailed Hunka as a “hero” of both Canada and Ukraine —  has claimed responsibility for inviting the Waffen-SS soldier to the parliament during Zelensky’s visit, Conservative opposition party leader Pierre Polievre claimed that Trudeau’s government is “responsible for arranging and vetting all guests and programming for state visits of this kind” and therefore must “personally apologise and avoid passing the blame to others as he always does.”

The Canadian government has also been called on to apologise from Jewish groups, as well as by the Polish Ambassador to the country, Witold Dzielski, who said that Warsaw “will never agree on whitewashing such villains,” noting that the Nazi division Hunka served in was “responsible for murdering thousands of Poles [and] Jews”.

The 14th Waffen-SS Grenadier Division, also known as the Galicia Division, was largely comprised of Ukrainian volunteers to the Nazi cause of fighting the Soviet Union — which was allied with the Western Allied powers during the Second World War. While the Waffen-SS was charged with war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials, the 14th Division was not specifically charged. However, the Ukrainian Nazi division has been accused of numerous atrocities, including the massacre of the Huta Pieniacka, a Polish village that had served as a shelter for hundreds of Jews.

Hunka’s division was also personally addressed by the chief of the SS, Heinrich Himmler, who is said to have told the unit in 1944: “Your homeland has become more beautiful since you have lost – on our initiative, I must say – the residents who were so often a dirty blemish on Galicia’s good name – namely the Jews.

“I know that if I ordered you to liquidate the Poles, I would be giving you permission to do what you are eager to do anyway.”

In true Orwellian fashion, the governing Liberal party attempted to have the incident of inviting Hunka stricken from the parliamentary record and purged from any multimedia recordings.

The attempt was blocked, however, with Conservative MP Marty Morantz saying: “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. What happened on Friday was shameful and brought embarrassment to this chamber, it was an ugly reminder of what survivors of the Holocaust know too well that we must never forget.”

For inviting the Nazi soldier, Speaker of the House Anthony Rota has faced calls to resign from the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) and the leftist separatist Bloc Québécois party, however, the main opposition Conservative party has so far not backed the call, arguing instead that Prime Minister Trudeau should take responsibility for the scandal.

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Nolte: Far-Left Politico Waters Down Zelensky’s Nazi to ‘Nazi-Linked’

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Politico, a far-left propaganda outlet that spreads conspiracy theories and lies to protect Democrats, has been caught watering down a real-life Nazi.

As we all now know, last week, along with the Canadian Parliament, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave a former Waffen SS soldier a rousing ovation for his service during WWII.

It went like this…

Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota described the 98-year-old Nazi, Yaroslav Hunka, as “a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero, and we thank him for all his service.”

Zelensky and Trudeau stood and applauded. Whoops and cheers were heard in the Parliament … for a Nazi’s … service… during … World War II.

Obviously, this has become a source of embarrassment for those capable of shame, but no one has ever accused Politico of being capable of shame, so Politico was off to the rescue!

After all, if Zelensky, the newest, shiny, golden symbol of the left’s virtue-signaling god will cheer a Nazi, you can bet Politico will rush right in to assure everyone that Nazis aren’t so bad. In fact, if Zelensky and Trudeau like him, he’s not even a real Nazi. He’s more like Nazi-ish, or “Nazi-adjacent,” or as Politico put it (with a shameless lie), “Nazi-linked.”

So, Yaroslav Hunka, a full-fledged member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), is only “Nazi-linked.” Why? Because Politico doesn’t believe in truth. Politico only believes in the Cause of the Fascist Left, and if that means justifying, excusing, and watering down full-fledged Nazis, so be it.

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And let’s not forget Nazis are left-wing. They are socialists and Jew-haters. Who does that sound like? Hitler was a vegetarian animal-lover who disarmed private citizens. Who does that sound like?

Anyway, Politico’s pro-Nazi spin was so egregious that X’s Community Notes jumped right in:

Yaroslav Hunka was not just “linked” to the Nazis, he was literally part of the German-Nazi military serving as a Waffen-SS soldier. This group was declared a criminal organization by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg in 1946.

This is what everyone needs to keep in mind…

If an outlet such as Politico will brazenly lie about something like this, something so easily verifiable and something relatively small in the scheme of things, imagine the lies Politico spreads about things that actually matter.

The saddest thing is that this isn’t just about protecting the left. Politico is signaling its fealty to the left by openly humiliating itself in this way. This overt act of self-debasement is meant to say, We at Politico are with you no matter what, so please don’t cancel us, and please continue to give us access. Watch us debase ourselves to prove our loyalty. Watch us embarrass ourselves. This is how much we are with you.  

When then-President Trump condemned neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, the corporate media spread the proven lie he called them “very fine people.” But if you’re a precious like Trudeau and Zelensky, who stands and applauds a Nazi-Nazi, Politico will seize the opportunity to assure us a member of the SS during World War II condemned at Nuremberg isn’t so bad.

Here’s the bottom line… Leftists, such as Trudeau and the people who run Politico, hate you and me a whole lot more than they hate real Nazis.

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Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government blasted for giving two standing ovations to a veteran Waffen-SS Nazi days before Yom Kippur

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It turns out that
unrestrained eugenics is not the only thing out of the Third Reich that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party of Canada has found cause to celebrate.

After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address to the Canadian Parliament on Friday, Liberal House Speaker Anthony Rota lavished praise on a 98-year-old who had served with Heinrich Himmler’s Waffen-SS in World War II. Trudeau and his socialist ally Jagmeet Singh, head of the NDP, joined Rota and their respective parties in honoring the Nazi veteran with two standing ovations just days ahead of Yom Kippur.

Critics, including the leaders of various Jewish groups, have unloaded on the Canadian government — especially on the Trudeau Liberals who have previously had
troubling ties with anti-Semites and accused those with whom they’ve disagreed of being Nazis.

A Nazi on Parliament Hill

House Speaker Rota, a parliamentary member of Trudeau’s Liberal Party, invited Yaroslav Hunka to Parliament, introducing him Friday as a war hero “who fought [for] the Ukrainian independence against the Russians and continues to support the troops today.”

This introduction took place after Zelenskyy thanked Canada for its support of Ukraine’s defense against Russian invaders, which has taken the form of over $6.6 billion in aid since January 2022,
reported the Washington Post.

“I am very proud to say that he is from North Bay and from my riding of Nipissing-Timiskaming,” Rota said of Hunka. “He is a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero, and we thank him for all his service.”

Members of Parliament jumped to their feet, applauding the emotional Nazi veteran who responded with dual thumbs up.

The Western Standard
reported that among those cheering on Hunka was Ya’ara Saks, a Liberal member of Parliament who previously accused the peaceful trucker convoy protesters of being Nazis, claiming that “honk honk” “is an acronym for ‘heil Hitler.'”

Trudeau, who similarly cheered on the Nazi veteran,
previously accused Conservative politicians who supported the trucker convoy of standing with “people who wave swastikas” whilst his own government discussed possibly using German Leopard 2 tanks on unarmed protesters.

Although sympathetic to the Liberal Party, Canadian state media later
conceded that Hunka had served under Nazi command in the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, a voluntary unit also known as the SS 14th Waffen Division or the First Ukrainian Division.

According to the Holocaust Encyclopedia, the Waffen-SS was “heavily involved in the commission of the Holocaust through their participation in mass shootings, anti-partisan warfare, and in supplying guards for Nazi concentration camps.”

Hunka’s unit also
committed atrocities against the Polish resistance during the war and committed massacres of adults and children alike, such as in the village of Huta Pieniacka.

Hunka’s unit was deemed a criminal organization by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg.

Backlash

While Rota evidently has trouble differentiating between Nazi veterans and the Canadian war heroes who helped ensure their defeat, others suffered no such difficulty.

B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn noted that Hunka’s unite comprised “ultra-nationalist ideologues” who “dreamed of an ethnically homogenous Ukrainian state and endorsed the idea of ethnic cleansing,”
reported CTV News.

“We understand an apology is forthcoming. We expect a meaningful apology. Parliament owes an apology to all Canadians for this outrage, and a detailed explanation as to how this could possibly have taken place at the centre of Canadian democracy,” added Mostyn.

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs wrote on X, “Canada’s Jewish community stands firmly with Ukraine in its war against Russian aggression. But we can’t stay silent when crimes committed by Ukrainians during the Holocaust are whitewashed.”

Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies
stated Sunday, “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.”

“There should be no confusion that this unit was responsible for the mass murder of innocent civilians with a level of brutality and malice that is unimaginable,” added FSWC.

Sebastian Skamski, spokesman for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s office,
said, “We find the reports of this individual’s history very troubling,” adding that Trudeau’s Liberals had some explaining to do.

Poilievre
said in a statement, “This is an appalling error in judgement on the part of Justin Trudeau, whose personal protocol office is responsible for arranging and vetting all guests and programming for state visits of this kind.”

“No parliamentarians (other than Justin Trudeau) had the opportunity to vet this individual’s past before he was introduced and honoured on the floor of the House of Commons,” added Poilievre. “Without warning or context, it was impossible for any parliamentarian in the room (other than Mr. Trudeau) to know of this dark past.”

Jagmeet Singh, the leader of the socialistic NDP whose support ensures Trudeau’s Liberal Party won’t have to face an election, said, “This event has caused harm to the Jewish community and for that, I am sorry. … We must all stand together against the rising tide of anti-Semitism.”

Apologies and blame

After it was revealed that the Liberal speaker had championed a former Nazi in the people’s Parliament, Trudeau’s office rushed to displace blame.

A spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office
stated, “The independent Speaker of the House has apologized and accepted full responsibility for issuing the invitation and for the recognition in Parliament. This was the right thing to do.”

Rota jumped on the proverbial Waffen-SS grenade,
claiming the initiative was “entirely my own.”

“I have subsequently become aware of more information which causes me to regret my decision,” said Rota. “I wish to make clear that no one, including fellow parliamentarians and the Ukraine delegation, was aware of my intention or of my remarks before I delivered them.”

Trudeau’s Liberals appear to have had issues distancing themselves from anti-Semitic causes in recent years.

Trudeau’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland,
granddaughter of a Nazi collaborator, was accused last year of posing with a “pro-Nazi” banner, reported the Post.

Freeland had
apparently held up the colors of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army at a protest last year — contentious because one of its factions, led by Stepan Bandera, allied with the Nazis and murdered thousands of Jews and around 100,000 Poles.

TheBlaze
previously reported that the Trudeau Liberal government also gave a sizable taxpayer-funded grand to a purported anti-racism advocacy group in 2022 that turned out to have a raging anti-Semite as a top consultant.

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