Days after paying tribute to a Nazi veteran in the Canadian Parliament, a journalist unveils memorials on American territory dedicated to the German SS’s 14th Waffen Grenadier Division
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Sputnik Brazil One of the main topics in news around the world last week was the glowing tribute paid to a Ukrainian Nazi veteran in the Canadian Parliament. 98yearold Yaroslav Hunka received a standing ovation from the entire parliament in the presence of Prime Minister Justin Trudeu and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
On the same day, it was revealed that Hunka fought in the ranks of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the Nazi German SS in Galicia during the Second World War. The issue sparked outrage and confusion worldwide, particularly in Jewish communities.
However, according to an article in the Times of Israel newspaper, there is a controversy in the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania involving the same Nazi department. Local Jewish community groups have protested against a monument dedicated to the 14th SS Waffen Grenadier Division located at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in the suburb of Elkins Park.
The memorial to the Nazi division is not the only one on American soil. In Detroit, Michigan, in the suburb of Warren, there is another monument dedicated to the 14th SS Waffen Grenadier Division. However, in this case there is silence from the local Jewish community around the memorial.
The two monuments and Hunka’s history in the Nazi division were revealed by journalist Lev Golinkin, who writes for the Jewish portal Forward. He says that in Warren’s case, the construction of the Nazi Division Memorial, which is on private property, may not have been intended in principle. Because the monument is not dedicated to the division, but to Ukrainian and American veterans of Ukrainian descent. The name of the Nazi division appears as the sponsor of the memorial. “There is a difference between honoring a genocidal regiment and saying that its veterans funded a monument to Ukrainian veterans,” Golinkin said.
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However, he considers the silence of the local Jewish community regarding the monument to be shameful. “It is surprising that Jewish organizations in Detroit are choosing to remain silent about an SS memorial in their city amid a global wave of white supremacy and Holocaust distortion,” the author said.
Warren Mayor James Fouts says there is no way the city will support such an honor. However, he says he can’t change anything about the memorial. “I don’t think there’s anything we can do about a monument that’s on private property,” Fouts said.