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A report on Canada’s handling of Nazi war criminals suggests politics played a key role in the 1967 decision to preserve the citizenship of a man convicted of war crimes in the Soviet Union. Details in newly unredacted pages from the report show that when he was the justice minister, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau advised against attempting to revoke the citizenship warning it could cause widespread fear among all naturalized Canadians. Trudeau waves to supporters as he enters Liberal Party campaign headquarters in Ottawa, Tuesday, June 25, 1968. THE CANADIAN PRESS/CP-Chuck Mitchell

Politics trumped legal advice in decision not to revoke citizenship of Nazi in 1960s

As justice minister, former PM Pierre Trudeau advised against attempting to revoke the citizenship

 

Archival research and case analysis of suspected Nazis and their collaborators who immigrated to Canada in the years following the Second World War are finding new relevance amid a push for greater transparency about how Canada has dealt with suspected Nazi war criminals and collaborators. Yaroslav Hunka, right, waits for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle

War crimes research spotlight intensifies in wake of Hunka scandal

Presence of Nazi-sponsored unit soldier in Parliament during Zelenskyy visit raising questions

 

Photo of protesters at the 1 Million March 4 Children event in Kelowna on Sept. 20, 2023. (Finn/@FinnWPhoto/Submitted)

Kelowna residents shocked by apparent Nazi salute at anti-SOGI march

Counter-protesters were subject to hate speech, violence and aggression at the rally

 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recognize Yaroslav Hunka, who was in attendance and fought with the First Ukrainian Division in World War II before later immigrating to Canada, in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle

Jewish group demands apology after MPs honoured man who fought for Nazis

98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka fought for a voluntary Ukrainian unit under the command of Nazis

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recognize Yaroslav Hunka, who was in attendance and fought with the First Ukrainian Division in World War II before later immigrating to Canada, in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
Holocaust survivor Jacek Nadolny is silhouetted during a meeting of survivors with media in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp in the final months of World War II, amid horror that yet another war has shattered the peace in Europe. The camp was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Auschwitz anniversary marked as peace again shattered by war

1.1 million people killed at the complex before it was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945

Holocaust survivor Jacek Nadolny is silhouetted during a meeting of survivors with media in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp in the final months of World War II, amid horror that yet another war has shattered the peace in Europe. The camp was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)
People take photos as they enter the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp through the gate with the phrase ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (work sets you free), in Oranienburg, about 30 kilometres north of Berlin, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. The Federal government is to use a bill enacting the budget to change the Criminal Code this year, building on existing laws outlawing the incitement of hatred. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Markus Schreiber

Holocaust denial — and downplaying the Nazis’ murder of Jews — to be outlawed

Holocaust denial is to be outlawed in Canada, in a further effort…

People take photos as they enter the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp through the gate with the phrase ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (work sets you free), in Oranienburg, about 30 kilometres north of Berlin, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. The Federal government is to use a bill enacting the budget to change the Criminal Code this year, building on existing laws outlawing the incitement of hatred. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Markus Schreiber
Ronald Leopold, executive director Anne Frank House, gestures as he talks next to the passage to the secret annex during an interview in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years may have solved one of World War II’s enduring mysteries: Who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family? Their answer, outlined in a new book, is that it most likely was a Jewish lawyer called Arnold van den Bergh. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Cold case team shines new light on betrayal of Anne Frank

Investigation reveals teen’s family may have been betrayed by man trying to save own family

Ronald Leopold, executive director Anne Frank House, gestures as he talks next to the passage to the secret annex during an interview in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years may have solved one of World War II’s enduring mysteries: Who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family? Their answer, outlined in a new book, is that it most likely was a Jewish lawyer called Arnold van den Bergh. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)