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Trudeau says Canada may finally make secret Nazi files public

JL;DR SUMMARY Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that his government is considering the declassification of files from a 1980s inquiry into Ukrainian immigrants in Canada who served in Nazi units during World War II. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustCanadaUkrainian ImmigrantsDeschnes CommissionYaroslav HunkaBnai Brith CanadaTrudeauNazi FilesGalichina DivisionSimon Wiesenthal Centre

Places mentioned

Canada
"Several thousand veterans of the unit, known as the Galichina Division, are believed to have settled in Canada after the war."
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
"the University of Alberta returned an endowment made in his honor."
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"Among them is Yaroslav Hunka, 98, who was given a standing ovation in Canadas House of Commons during a visit by Ukraines president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, two weeks ago."
Ukraine
"Among them is Yaroslav Hunka, 98, who was given a standing ovation in Canadas House of Commons during a visit by Ukraines president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, two weeks ago."
United Kingdom
"Governor General Mary Simon, the British crowns representative in Canada, apologized for giving Peter Savaryn a former chancellor of the University of Alberta who served in the same Nazi unit as Yaroslav Hunka the crowns second-highest honor, the Order of Canada."
Israel
"the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."
United States
"the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."

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