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Canada has several monuments that to varying degrees commemorate the Galicia Division of the Waffen-SS made up of Ukrainians and Nazi collaborator Roman Shukhevych.[1] All these monuments have been vandalized by activists at differing times.

Roman Shukhevych statue, Edmonton

Main article: Roman Shukhevych statue (Edmonton)
The statue vandalised (left) and normally (right)

The bronze bust[2] of Nazi collaborator Roman Shukhevych was built in 1973 by Ukrainian World War II veterans on private land near the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex in Edmonton, Alberta.[3][4][5] The statue was vandalised in 2019 when someone added the words "Nazi scum".[6] It was vandalised again in 2021 when someone added the words "Actual Nazi" in red paint.[3]

St. Michael’s Cemetery, Edmonton

Vandalism of the memorial at St. Michael's Cemetery

A memorial For those who fought for Ukraine’s Freedom constructed in 1976 by the former Ukrainian Waffen-SS[7] in St. Michael’s Cemetery in Edmonton was vandalized by painting "Nazi monument to 14th Waffen SS". According to Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, such a painting reflects the actual historical record of people commemorated by the monument. Jewish organizations requested the removal of damaged memorial.[8] However, the Ukrainian Catholic Church called the vandalism "part of the decades long Russian disinformation campaign against Ukraine and Ukrainians to create a false Nazi image of Ukrainian freedom fighters."[9]

Leaders of the Canadian Ukrainian community have denied the monuments are related to Nazism.[10]

Bernie Farber of the Canadian Jewish Congress writes that: "Removing this monument will require the Ukrainian-Canadian community to take a hard look at its own history."[11]

St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery, Oakville

Main article: St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery
Monument to the Glory of the UPA (left) and cenotaph (right) at the St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery

The granite Ukrainian Insurgent Army memorial entitled Pamiatnyk Slavy UPA (English: Monument to the Glory of the UPA) was inaugurated on May 26, 1988 in the St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery in Oakville, Ontario.[12] The memorial commemorates a World War II battle fought by the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), a military branch of the Nazi Party Waffen-SS, against the Soviet Red Army.[13][14] The SS division's insignia was added to the memorial soon after inauguration.[12] The memorial was vandalised in mid-June 2022 when someone added the words "Nazi war monument".[15][16]

The memorial was also the subject of complaints from the Russian Embassy to Canada in 2017, although the criticism was dismissed by Canadian media as part of a "disinformation campaign" in the context of the Russian annexation of Crimea three years earlier.[13] Ihor Michalchyshyn, the CEO of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress accused Russia of obfuscation.[17]

Jewish B’nai Brith organization and the Canadian Polish Congress joined forces and called for the monument's removal by releasing a joint statement saying that the presence of monuments that whitewash the Holocaust and Nazi ideology is unacceptable in Canada.[18][19]

See also

References

  1. ^ Golinkin, Lev (2020-07-21). "Canada's Nazi Monuments". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  2. ^ "Canadian monument to controversial Ukrainian national hero ignites debate". RCI | English. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  3. ^ a b "Alberta journalist charged with mischief in vandalism of controversial statue". CBC. 25 Oct 2022.
  4. ^ "Group resumes decades-old fight to remove statue of Ukrainian Nazi collaborator outside Edmonton cultural centre". edmontonjournal. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  5. ^ "Ukrainian monuments vandalized, group calls for their removal over historical record". Edmonton. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  6. ^ Noakes, Taylor (7 Nov 2022). "Canada Has a Nazi Monument Problem". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  7. ^ Rudling, Per A. "Multiculturalism, memory, and ritualization: Ukrainian nationalist monuments in Edmonton, Alberta". Nationalities Papers. 39 (5): 733–768. doi:10.1080/00905992.2011.599375. ISSN 0090-5992.
  8. ^ Lung, Raylene. "Jewish groups call for removal of vandalized Ukrainian WWII memorial". CBC News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Ukrainian monuments vandalized, group calls for their removal over historical record". Edmonton. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  10. ^ Holt, Faygie (2021-08-16). "Canadian Jewish group renews campaign to remove World War II-era monuments". JNS.org. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  11. ^ Post, Bernie Farber, Special to National (2020-07-22). "Bernie Farber: Canada's monument to Nazi soldiers". National Post. Retrieved 2022-11-21.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ a b Rudling, Per Anders (3 July 2020). "Long-Distance Nationalism: Ukrainian Monuments and Historical Memory in Multicultural Canada". In Marschall, Sabine (ed.). Public Memory in the Context of Transnational Migration and Displacement (PDF). pp. 105–108. ISBN 978-3-030-41329-3.
  13. ^ a b Samphir, Harrison (26 July 2020). "Why is a monument commemorating a Nazi SS division still standing outside Toronto?". Canadian Dimension.
  14. ^ Golinkin, Lev (2020-07-21). "Canada's Nazi Monuments". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  15. ^ Pugliese, David (17 July 2020). "Graffiti on monument commemorating Nazi SS division being investigated as a hate crime by police". ottawacitizen. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  16. ^ "Canada police investigate vandalism of monument to Nazi troops as hate crime". the Guardian. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  17. ^ Smith, Marie-Danielle (2017-12-23). "Ukrainian-Canadian community urged to confront WWII past amid controversy over monuments". National Post. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  18. ^ Alberta Jewish News, Edmonton (2020-07-28). "B'nai Brith Taking Action Against Nazi Glorification". Alberta Jewish News.
  19. ^ Algemeiner, The. "Canadian Jewish and Polish Groups Join Forces to Demand Removal of SS Monument at Ontario Cemetery". Algemeiner.com. Retrieved 2022-11-22.

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