Re:Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi
by johnny99k on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @04:48PM
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What bother me is the recent trend of putting people like typists at the concentration camps on trial. Most people, given the situation of working as a typist or getting murdered by their government, would choose the former.
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Re:Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi
by b0in on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @05:03PM
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> 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-...
Re:Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi
by riku_iki on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @05:17PM
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> “the legendary German knights” to come and attack “the hated Poles,”
Maybe Poles were also not angels towards Ukrainians at that time.
Re:Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi
by b0in on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @05:04AM
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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?