Outrage as Trudeau REFUSES to release names of 900 Nazi war criminals who fled to Canada after World War II: ‘Justice denied’

Justin Trudeau has sparked outrage after refusing to release the names of 900 alleged Nazi war criminals who fled to Canada after World War II.

Jewish groups call the decision “shameful” and say it dishonors the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.

The Canadian government is hiding the list of names for fear it could be too embarrassing for the country. TNC reports.

Large numbers of Ukrainian SS Waffen soldiers moved to Canada after the war.

Officials said there are also concerns that the list could be used as Russian propaganda against Ukraine amid Vladimir Putin’s ongoing invasion of the Eastern European country.

Justin Trudeau has sparked outrage after refusing to release the names of 900 alleged Nazi war criminals who fled to Canada after World War II.

The list of members of the Nazi-led SS Galicia unit was compiled by Canada’s War Crimes Commission of Inquiry.

The panel then met with members of the Ukrainian community and a “discrete group of individuals or organizations” to discuss whether the names should be released.

But they met with no Holocaust survivors or advocates pushing for the list’s release Citizen of Ottawa reports.

The decision was met with dismay by the Jewish nonprofit B’nai Brith.

“For decades, B’nai Brith and David Matas, B’nai Brith Canada’s senior legal counsel, fought for full access – but faced endless delays and pushback,” the organization said.

“Canada is withholding hundreds of files on Nazi war crimes from the public. This shameful secrecy is a shame [sic] survivors and denies justice.”

Bernie Farber, the son of a Holocaust survivor and former member of the Canadian Jewish Congress, branded the decision “a disgraceful stain.”

Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, senior director of advocacy and policy at the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, also expressed his anger.

Large numbers of Ukrainian SS Waffen Galicia soldiers moved to Canada after the war

“Absolutely disgusted by the government’s decision to continue to hide the truth about the Nazi war criminals who moved to Canada and enjoyed total impunity,” she said in a post on X.

‘What a grave insult to those who suffered at their barbaric hands. What a slap in the face to our great veterans.”

The list forms the second part of the Deschênes Commission report, which began with a two-year investigation in the 1980s.

The first part was released in 1986 and admitted that Nazis were allowed to enter and live in Canada.

Campaigners, including Jewish and Polish groups, and the United Ukrainian Canadians have long pushed for the second half of the report to be released.

However, they were overruled by other Ukrainian heritage groups, including the Ukrainian Canadian Congress.

It comes after Canadian officials were heavily criticized for inviting former SS soldier Yaroslav Hunka to parliament, where he was praised as a war veteran and given a standing ovation.

Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota had to apologize after recognizing 99-year-old Hunka “a Ukrainian-Canadian war veteran of World War II who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians” and “a Ukrainian hero and a Canadian hero.”

Among them was former Nazi soldier Yaroslav Hunka, who was wrongly praised as a war hero during an appearance in the Canadian parliament last year.

The Canadian government fears the list could be an international embarrassment or used as Russian propaganda

In 1944, Hunka’s unit – the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division – was visited by SS leader Heinrich Himmler, who labeled the Jewish people a “filth” and said his men would be “eager” to “liquidate the Poles.”

The division’s involvement in war crimes and atrocities – especially during the German occupation of Ukraine – remains a controversial issue.

Rota was eventually forced to resign over the blunder amid the fierce backlash.

The 14th Waffengrenadier Division of the SS – also known as the 1st Galician – was composed largely of Ukrainian volunteers.

It was founded in 1943 and saw action on the Eastern Front. His main role was to support the German troops in their fight against the Soviet Union.