Poland seeks extradition of Nazi soldier Yaroslav Hunka who was once honoured in Canadian Parliament

On Tuesday (26 September), Poland upped its ante towards Canada for honouring the Nazi soldier, Yaroslav Hunka, and giving him a status ovation of their Parliament on 22 September. Significantly, the Polish ambassador to Canada lambasted the Canadian authorities for lacking out on bringing up the Polish other people of their apologies and asserted that neither Canadian High Minister Justin Trudeau nor the Parliament speaker Anthony Rota has completed sufficient in this factor. 

He emphasized that the Nazi soldier will have to be prosecuted for the struggle crimes his unit dedicated towards the Jewish and Polish communities.  

Moreover, the Polish Minister of Schooling and Science Przemysław Czamek wrote a letter to Karol Nawrockl, President of the Institute of Nationwide Remembrance – Fee for the Prosecution of Crimes towards the Polish Country, Warsaw. 

Taking to X, the Polish Minister shared the letter and conveyed that he has taken steps to most likely extradite the Nazi soldier to Poland. 

Within the publish, he stated, “In view of the scandalous occasions within the Canadian Parliament, which concerned honouring, within the presence of President Zelenskiy, a member of the felony Nazi SS Galizien formation, I’ve taken steps against the imaginable extradition of this guy to Poland.” 

Wobec skandalicznych wydarzeń w kanadyjskim parlamencie polegających na uhonorowaniu w obecności także prezydenta Zełenskiego członka zbrodniczej, hitlerowskiej formacji SS Galizien, podjąłem kroki w kierunku ewentualnej ekstradycji tego człowieka do Polski.… https://t.co/92qK1voktN %.twitter.com/5J4lljH5JX

— Przemysław Czarnek (@CzarnekP) September 26, 2023

In his letter to the Fee’s President, the Polish Schooling Minister narrated all of the episode that transpired within the Canadian Parliament on 22 September. 

It added, “I’m interesting to the President to urgently read about the paperwork whether or not Yaroslaw Hunka is sought after for crimes towards the Polish Country and Poles of Jewish starting place. The options of such crimes represent the root for inquiring for his extradition to Canada.” 

Polish Ambassador seeks apology from Canadian High Minister and asserts that the Nazi soldier will have to be prosecuted

On Monday (25 September), Polish Ambassador to Canada Witold Dzielski informed Canadian media CTV Nationwide Information that the act of honouring the Nazi soldier Yaroslav Hunka was once “deeply hurtful”. 

He added that statements by means of each Rota (Canadian parliament Speaker) and High Minister Justin Trudeau don’t move some distance sufficient. It’s to be famous that following the outrage, Canadian Parliament speaker Anthony Rota apologised for celebrating a Nazi collaborator. 

He stated, “Days after individuals of Parliament gave a status ovation to a person who fought for a Nazi department within the 2d Global Warfare, Area Speaker Anthony Rota has issued a public apology – nevertheless it doesn’t move some distance sufficient to handle atrocities this department carried out on Polish electorate right through the struggle.” 

He criticised the Canadian authorities for leaving out Poland from their apology statements. He stated, “It’s fallacious that Poland has been disregarded of those apologies bearing in mind the Nazi department in query dedicated mass killings of Polish electorate.”

Dzielski added, “It’s essential that allies running in combination want to have their information proper. In one of the most remark from the leaders, from the Canadian leaders, together with the new remark at the aspect of High Minister Trudeau, the Poles had been not noted from the equation.” 

09/22 ??&?? management at @OurCommons cheered a member of Waffen-SS Galizien, infamous #UA army formation of #WW2 answerable for murdering 1000’s of Poles & Jews.

?? highest best friend ?? has, won’t ever agree on whitewashing such villains! As ?? Amb. to ?? I be expecting an apology. %.twitter.com/j6EkVWGg1d

— Witold Dzielski (@WitoldDzielski) September 24, 2023

He additionally took to X to call for an apology from the Justin Trudeau-led-government pronouncing, “I be expecting an apology.”

Going forward, the Polish ambassador argued that the Nazi soldier will have to be prosecuted. Referring to this, he stated, “It is a particular person (Hunka) who participated in an organisation that was once focused on Poles, was once committing mass murders of Poles, now not simplest the army team of workers but additionally civilians. For me, such other people will have to now not be found in public existence and almost certainly will have to be prosecuted.”

He additionally reiterated that the Canadian aspect will have to get its information proper. Hard an apology from the Canadian aspect, he reminded Ottawa that right through the 2d Global Warfare, six million Poles had been murdered. Six million Poles died. Part of that staff, 3 million, had been Polish Jews. 

Referring to Yaroslav Hunka – the Nazi soldier honoured within the Canadian parliament – and his Nazi unit (SS Galicia), the Polish ambassador famous that individuals of this department had been concerned within the mass homicide of Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians right through Global Warfare Two. 

In keeping with him, this department, or individuals of this department, had been concerned within the bloodbath of virtually 1000 Polish civilians within the village of Huta Pieniacka within the Galicia area in Ukraine.

He asserted that the truth that Canada is lacking out on Polish other people from the apology and tragic historical past is deeply hurtful. 

He stated, “For the Polish communities in Poland and Canada, which is a million other people, that is omitting Poles, omitting Poland, and that tragic historical past is deeply hurtful.”