A memorial to the Waffen-SS Galicia Division has apparently been taken down at a Ukrainian cemetery in Canada
The Russian embassy in Canada on Friday praised the reported removal of a cenotaph that commemorated the Waffen-SS Galicia Division from St. Vladimir Ukrainian cemetery in Oakville, a Toronto suburb.
Unverified footage showing the monument being taken down by a crane emerged online earlier in the day. The cenotaph appears to be missing its top part, which featured a cross adorned with the emblem of the SS unit.
Thus far, no official information has been provided by local authorities on the development, and it remains unclear whether the monument is actually gone for good from the cemetery.
The apparent removal of the cenotaph soon came in for praise from the Russian embassy in the country, with a spokesman for the mission describing the move as a “good start,” signaling that those seeking to whitewash the Nazis and SS crimes would likely be properly repelled.
“Despite the vicious neo-Nazi propaganda by Kiev and its sponsors, justice has triumphed. There’s no place for symbols of Nazism and the glorification of Nazi henchmen in the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition,” the spokesman told TASS.
The monument commemorating the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which has been accused of extensive ethnic cleansing targeting the region’s Jewish and Polish populations, was erected at the St. Vladimir cemetery in 1988, shortly followed by the cenotaph for the Waffen-SS Galicia. (more...)
Russia reacts to reported removal of Ukrainian Nazi SS monument in Canada
A monument to the first Ukrainian division CC "Galicia" was demolished in Canada
— LeoWarrr (@LeoWarrr) March 8, 2024
It was erected in a cemetery in the town of Oakville near Toronto in 1988. pic.twitter.com/8dtBikfkwS
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