As hard as it might be to believe, Canada gave 98-year-old Nazi war criminal, Yaroslav Hunka, a standing ovation in the House of Commons. Speaker Anthony Rota drew attention to Hunka and introduced him as a war hero who fought for the First Ukrainian Division. However, the First Ukrainian Division also was known as the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, or the SS 14th Waffen Division, a Ukrainian unit of Nazis under the command of German Nazis.
Earlier today, as a result of the world discovering that Canada was harboring Nazi fugitive Yaroslav Hunka, the Polish government requested his return to Europe to stand trial for war crimes. The entire episode has become a major political embarrassment for Canada. Moments after Poland sent their letter to Canada, the Speaker of the House of Commons resigned. WATCH:
From fighting Nazis, to giving them a standing ovation in the Canadian House of Commons. Quite an arc of history here; where arc’s might be shaped like pretzels.
