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by anticodon 1748 days ago
He joined the nazi forces, infamous Schutzstaffel (SS) during WW2. He participated in killing tens of thousands of Jews (and Russians, but that doesn't count in the western world anymore).

He isn't guilty by association - he was a leader of death squadron and he is directly responsible for extermination of tens of thousands of non combatants.
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q1w2 1748 days ago
These are all your guesses. The article doesn't say literally anything about him killing anyone or ordering anyone to be killed.
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anticodon 1747 days ago
Wikipedia is not 100% reliable and universal source of truth. Besides, he was a leader of the SS battalion and he got Iron Cross for his war crimes from nazies. Does such a person deserve a monument in Canada?
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