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Before his academic career he appeared in ''[[A Captive in the Land]]'' as a cook.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0318471/|title=Internet Movie Database|website=www.imdb.com|access-date=2018-11-11}}</ref>{{better source|date=July 2023}}
Before his academic career he appeared in ''[[A Captive in the Land]]'' as a cook.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0318471/|title=Internet Movie Database|website=www.imdb.com|access-date=2018-11-11}}</ref>{{better source|date=July 2023}}


== Politico Nazi article controversy ==
On October 2, 2023 Giles published an opinion piece on the Politico website defending individuals who joined the Waffen SS in WWII.<ref>{{Cite web|url={{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/fight-against-ussr-nazi-waffen-ss-trooper-yaroslav-hunka-world-war-ii-soviet-union-germany/}</ref>
On October 2, 2023 Giles published an opinion piece on the [[Politico]] website defending individuals who joined the Waffen SS in WWII.<ref><nowiki>{{Cite web|url={{Cite web|url=</nowiki>https://www.politico.eu/article/fight-against-ussr-nazi-waffen-ss-trooper-yaroslav-hunka-world-war-ii-soviet-union-germany/}</ref>


Giles reached notability in early October 2023 when he argued that being a member of the [[Waffen-SS]] didn't necessarily make somebody a [[Nazi]], in response to the controversy surrounding the [[House of Commons of Canada]]'s standing ovation for Ukrainian-Canadian World War II veteran of the [[14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)]] [[Yaroslav Hunka]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/fight-against-ussr-nazi-waffen-ss-trooper-yaroslav-hunka-world-war-ii-soviet-union-germany/|title=Politico|website=www.politico.com|date=2 October 2023 |access-date=2023-10-03}}</ref> In the article Giles writes of Hunka's unit, "Repeated exhaustive investigations ... led to the conclusion that no war crimes or atrocities had been committed by this particular unit," effectively [[Whitewash (censorship)|whitewashing]] the SS Galichina subunits' involvement in the [[Huta Pieniacka massacre]] of Polish civilians.<ref name="Golinkin">{{cite web |url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/561927/zelenskyy-joins-canadian-parliaments-ovation-to-98-year-old-veteran-who-fought-with-nazis/ |title=Zelenskyy joins Canadian Parliament's ovation to 98-year-old veteran who fought with Nazis |last=Golinkin |first=Lev |date=September 24, 2023 |website=[[The Forward]] |access-date=September 24, 2023 |archive-date=September 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924124912/https://forward.com/fast-forward/561927/zelenskyy-joins-canadian-parliaments-ovation-to-98-year-old-veteran-who-fought-with-nazis/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Giles reached notability in early October 2023 when he argued that being a member of the [[Waffen-SS]] didn't necessarily make somebody a [[Nazi]], in response to the controversy surrounding the [[House of Commons of Canada]]'s standing ovation for Ukrainian-Canadian World War II veteran of the [[14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)]] [[Yaroslav Hunka]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/fight-against-ussr-nazi-waffen-ss-trooper-yaroslav-hunka-world-war-ii-soviet-union-germany/|title=Politico|website=www.politico.com|date=2 October 2023 |access-date=2023-10-03}}</ref> In the article Giles writes of Hunka's unit, "Repeated exhaustive investigations ... led to the conclusion that no war crimes or atrocities had been committed by this particular unit," effectively [[Whitewash (censorship)|whitewashing]] the SS Galichina subunits' involvement in the [[Huta Pieniacka massacre]] of Polish civilians.<ref name="Golinkin">{{cite web |url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/561927/zelenskyy-joins-canadian-parliaments-ovation-to-98-year-old-veteran-who-fought-with-nazis/ |title=Zelenskyy joins Canadian Parliament's ovation to 98-year-old veteran who fought with Nazis |last=Golinkin |first=Lev |date=September 24, 2023 |website=[[The Forward]] |access-date=September 24, 2023 |archive-date=September 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924124912/https://forward.com/fast-forward/561927/zelenskyy-joins-canadian-parliaments-ovation-to-98-year-old-veteran-who-fought-with-nazis/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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Keir Giles (born 26 January 1968) is a British writer.[1] Giles is an writer on security issues affecting Russia and on the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Giles is a research director with the Conflict Studies Research Centre.[2]

Before his current role Giles also worked for the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, the BBC Monitoring service, and Ernst & Young in Moscow.[3]

Before his academic career he appeared in A Captive in the Land as a cook.[4][better source needed]

Politico Nazi article controversy

On October 2, 2023 Giles published an opinion piece on the Politico website defending individuals who joined the Waffen SS in WWII.[5]

Giles reached notability in early October 2023 when he argued that being a member of the Waffen-SS didn't necessarily make somebody a Nazi, in response to the controversy surrounding the House of Commons of Canada's standing ovation for Ukrainian-Canadian World War II veteran of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) Yaroslav Hunka.[6] In the article Giles writes of Hunka's unit, "Repeated exhaustive investigations ... led to the conclusion that no war crimes or atrocities had been committed by this particular unit," effectively whitewashing the SS Galichina subunits' involvement in the Huta Pieniacka massacre of Polish civilians.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Keir Giles". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Conflict Studies Research Centre". www.conflictstudies.org.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Keir Giles | Chatham House". Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Internet Movie Database". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  5. ^ {{Cite web|url={{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/fight-against-ussr-nazi-waffen-ss-trooper-yaroslav-hunka-world-war-ii-soviet-union-germany/}
  6. ^ "Politico". www.politico.com. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  7. ^ Golinkin, Lev (24 September 2023). "Zelenskyy joins Canadian Parliament's ovation to 98-year-old veteran who fought with Nazis". The Forward. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.