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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 (#37757559)
> 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-...

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Re:Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi by riku_iki on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @05:17PM (#37757711)
> “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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Re:Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi by b0in on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @05:04AM (#37762672)
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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Re:Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi by riku_iki on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @11:42AM (#37766806)
> 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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