Anonymous ID: 43f79f Sept. 24, 2023, 7:25 a.m. No.19602546   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2559 >>2573 >>2755

Ukraine’s president and Canada’s prime minister greeted a former member of the infamous SS 1st Galician Division, which fought for the Nazis in World War II, as they attended a parliament session in Ottawa, according to images shared by the Associated Press.

One of the photos, taken in the House of Commons on Friday, showed a smiling Vladimir Zelensky clenching his fist and Justin Trudeau offering applause to somebody outside the image.

AP’s caption explained that the two leaders “recognize Yaroslav Hunka, who was in attendance and fought with the First Ukrainian Division in World War II before later immigrating to Canada.”

What the US news agency described as “the First Ukrainian Division” was in fact the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, also known as the 1st Galician Division.

Anonymous ID: 43f79f Sept. 24, 2023, 7:30 a.m. No.19602565   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2571

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation

Chrystia Freeland’s granddad was indeed a Nazi collaborator

There have been a number of articles circulating about Freeland’s Ukrainian grandfather Michael Chomiak and his ties to the Nazis.

The Ukraine Archival Records held by the Province of Alberta has a whole file on Chomiak, including his own details about his days editing the newspaper Krakivski Visti. Chomiak noted he edited the paper first in Crakow (Cracow), Poland and then in Vienna. The reason he edited the paper in Vienna was because he had to flee with his Nazis colleagues as the Russians advanced into Poland. (The Russians tended to execute collaborators well as SS members).

Anonymous ID: 43f79f Sept. 24, 2023, 7:33 a.m. No.19602571   🗄️.is đź”—kun

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>he had to flee with his Nazis colleagues

“In 1943 and 1944, both Lvivski Visti and Krakivski Visti hailed the German-approved formation of the 14th Waffen SS Division Halychyna, composed of Ukrainian volunteers,” the museum pointed out.

“Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland knew for more than two decades that her maternal Ukrainian grandfather was the chief editor of a Nazi newspaper.”

Anonymous ID: 43f79f Sept. 24, 2023, 7:35 a.m. No.19602581   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2606 >>2674

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_(1st_Galician)

Between the wars, the political allegiances of Ukrainians in eastern Galicia were divided between moderate national democrats and the more radical Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. The latter group itself splintered into two factions, the more moderate OUN-M led by Andriy Melnyk with close ties to German intelligence (Abwehr), and the more radical OUN-B led by Stepan Bandera. When Poland was divided between Germany and the Soviet Union under the terms of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in 1939, the territory of eastern Galicia was annexed to Soviet Ukraine. In 1941 it was occupied by Germany.

Anonymous ID: 43f79f Sept. 24, 2023, 8:11 a.m. No.19602720   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2751

In this video another chapter on Ukrainians that fought for Germany during the Second World War. I wil explore the collaboration in German-occupied Ukraine during World War 2: the 14th SS-Volunteer Division "Galicia". I'll talk about the origins of Ukrainian ultranationalism and factions as the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and its split: the OUN-M led by Andrei Melnik and the OUN-B led by Stepan Bandera. The first pro-German units were two battalions: the Nachtigall Battalion and the Roland Battalion. In 1943 the Ukrainian SS Division was established: the 14th SS-Volunteer Division "Galicia". The Waffen-SS was persuaded to deploy Ukrainian units. And so the 14th SS-Volunteer Division "Galicia" / 14. SS-Freiwilligen Division 'Galizien' / Dyviziia Halychyna saw the light of day. From 1944 known as 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (ukrainische Nr. 1). If you want to learn about Ukraine during WW2, this video is for you.