Waffen SS in Canada’s Parliament: Historians Perspective

A video to compare two responses to the controversial remarks by Canada’s Speaker of the House of Commons on 22 September 2023 and a discussion of the role historians have to play in interpreting and understanding the past, the present, and the occasions in which they intersect. Sources referred to and/or consulted include: OTD Military History video: Yaroslav Hunka Waffen SS in Canada’s Parliament: A Historian Perspective Justin Ling’s substack: About the SS Officer in the Gallery - by Justin Ling () Yaroslav Hunka’s blog: ВІСТІ КОМБАТАНТА: МОЄ ПОКОЛІННЯ () ’Disgusted’: Oakville cemetery facing calls to remove what’s being called a Nazi monument House Speaker apologizes for honouring Ukrainian who fought with Nazi unit Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky visits Canada for first time since Russia invasion - BBC News House Speaker apologizes for honouring Ukrainian who fought in Nazi unit in WW II | CBC News Opsrey Men at War series: “Ukrainian Armies 1914-1955“ (Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2004)