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by b0in 988 days ago
> In a post for the SS Galichina veterans’ blog Combatant News, Hunka wrote that 1941 to 1943 — after Germany invaded Ukraine and before Hunka enlisted — were the happiest years of his life. He also recalled eagerly awaiting “the legendary German knights” to come and attack “the hated Poles,” using a slur for Polish people, in 1939.

Idk dawg he doesn't sound like most people.

If he was a typist, why would the Canadian pairlament give him a standing ovation fighting against the Soviets? The two options sound like war criminal or stolen valor.

https://forward.com/news/562504/yaroslav-hunka-anthony-rota-...
1 comments
riku_iki 988 days ago
> “the legendary German knights” to come and attack “the hated Poles,”

Maybe Poles were also not angels towards Ukrainians at that time.

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b0in 988 days ago
Idk even in the face of geopolitical conflicts I don't think most people are rabid like this. Maybe in pre-WWII Europe they were, but they ended up gassing millions of people (Jews, communists, homosexuals, Romani).

So again, why is Canada giving this guy a standing ovation?

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riku_iki 988 days ago
> So again, why is Canada giving this guy a standing ovation?

I think it was mistake and they apologized for that.

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