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Canadian MPs honoured man who fought for Nazis
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Why is this being downvoted? He was literally part of the SS. He was in a Ukrainian division that voluntarily worked with the Nazis. On the one hand, it's understandable that you might get confused by the name because if you're not aware of the connection then it sounds innocent. On the other hand, did no one do any screening of the event to ensure they wouldn't be calling on a former member of the SS to be honored?
Uh, how has he not been tried as a war criminal? Damn.
The answer (which I do not necessarily endorse) is that the Canadian government decided this particular division was not guilty, back in 1986:
So if he was found not guilty isn't there no issue here?
A reminder "not guilty" isn't "innocent", especially when there's fog of war involved. The dude was still in the Waffen SS.
Well, as far as I know, he was never personally investigated, but the division was, and they didn't find any conclusive evidence.
Either way, surely they could have found someone who didn't fight the Allies during WWII to make an appearance?
Yeah. This is a major gaffe. I've seen the odd post villanizing this dude in particular, which I'm not sure is called for. (I don't know it's not, but I'm hesitant to yell at a 90 year old over what uniform they wore when they were younger than I am now.) Regardless of who the dude is or was though, it's a bad look, and they do deserve to be called out on the eminently stupid oversight to not to the bare minimum of research before choosing someone to bring in.