here's an excerpt from a speech that Heinrich Himmler gave to the division this man served in, i.e. he was most likely in the crowd. CW: antisemitism, anti-Polish racism, genocide

Your homeland has become so much more beautiful since you have lost – on our initiative, I must say – those 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.

[–] ViveLaCommune@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

more info here about SS entering into Kanada

"One way of getting into postwar Canada "was by showing the SS tattoo," Canadian historian Irving Abella told "60 Minutes" interviewer Mike Wallace. "This proved that you were an anti-Communist.""

lol

Maybe the Simon Wiesenthal' Center has a list somewhere with the name of Yaroslav Hunka..

And well, he's thanked as a "veteran" in that book called "The History of the Galician Division of the Waffen SS" (spelled Jaroslav Hunka).

Also maybe the division commited war crimes, who knows. The memory of these times and ours is actively being shaped, and we can all participate a bit.

[–] panopticon@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Well damn, I guess we don't call it Klanada for nothin

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