The tribute of a 98-year-old Ukrainian SS veteran during President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the Canadian parliament last week continues to cause a stir. The President of Parliament has taken full responsibility for this more than abortive invitation and has resigned. But the cause is far from over.
The Polish government has taken “first steps” to prepare an extradition request to Canadian authorities. Minister of Education Przemyslaw Czarnek said about this
He asked the Institute of National Remembrance to expose possible war crimes against Polish Jews by Ukrainian-Canadian citizen Jaroslaw Hunka. According to the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center organization, Hunka served in the 14th Waffen-Grenadier Division of the SS, also known as Waffen-SS-Division Galizien, during World War II. Classified as a criminal organization after the end of the war at the Nuremberg Trials, the SS had national associations involved in war crimes in many occupied countries.
The Canadian Minister of Justice has not yet received an application
Canada’s Justice Minister Arif Virani told the news website politico.com that he had not yet received any requests from Warsaw. Only when the letter lands on his desk “for the final decision” can he say more about it, Virani says.
Source: Krone
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