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| A monument ''For those who fought for Ukraine’s Freedom'' in St. Michael’s Cemetery in Edmonton was vandalized by painting "Nazi monument to ]". According to Friends of ], such painting reflects the actual historical record for people commemorated by the monument. Jewish organizations requested the removal of damaged monument.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lung |first=Raylene |title=Jewish groups call for removal of vandalized Ukrainian WWII memorial |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jewish-groups-call-for-removal-of-vandalized-ukrainian-wwii-memorial-1.6139297 |url-status=live |archive-url= |website=]}}</ref> However, the ] called the vandalism "part of the decades long Russian disinformation campaign against Ukraine and Ukrainians to create a false Nazi image of Ukrainian freedom fighters."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-13 |title=Ukrainian monuments vandalized, group calls for their removal over historical record |url=https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/ukrainian-monuments-vandalized-group-calls-for-their-removal-over-historical-record-1.5546656 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Edmonton |language=en}}</ref> | A monument ''For those who fought for Ukraine’s Freedom'' in St. Michael’s Cemetery in Edmonton was vandalized by painting "Nazi monument to ]". According to Friends of ], such painting reflects the actual historical record for people commemorated by the monument. Jewish organizations requested the removal of damaged monument.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lung |first=Raylene |title=Jewish groups call for removal of vandalized Ukrainian WWII memorial |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jewish-groups-call-for-removal-of-vandalized-ukrainian-wwii-memorial-1.6139297 |url-status=live |archive-url= |website=]}}</ref> However, the ] called the vandalism "part of the decades long Russian disinformation campaign against Ukraine and Ukrainians to create a false Nazi image of Ukrainian freedom fighters."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-13 |title=Ukrainian monuments vandalized, group calls for their removal over historical record |url=https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/ukrainian-monuments-vandalized-group-calls-for-their-removal-over-historical-record-1.5546656 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Edmonton |language=en}}</ref> ] of the ]<nowiki/>writes that: "Removing this monument will require the ] community to take a hard look at its own history."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Post |first=Bernie Farber, Special to National |date=2020-07-22 |title=Bernie Farber: Canada's monument to Nazi soldiers |language=en |work=National Post |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/bernie-farber-canadas-monument-to-nazi-soldiers |access-date=2022-11-21}}</ref> | ||
| == St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery, Oakville == | == St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery, Oakville == | ||
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List of Ukrainian Insurgent Army monuments in Canada.svg)
Canada has several monuments that to varying degrees commemorate a Schutzstaffel dision or Ukrainian nationalist and Nazi-collaborator Roman Shukhevych. All these monuments have been vandalized by activists at differing times.
Roman Shukhevych statue, Edmonton
Main article: Roman Shukhevych statue (Edmonton)
The bronze bust of Nazi collaborator Roman Shukhevych was built in 1973 by Ukrainian World War II veterans on private land near the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex in Edmonton, Alberta. The statue was vandalised in 2019 when someone added the words "Nazi scum". It was vandalised again in 2021 when someone added the words "Actual Nazi" in red paint.
St. Michael’s Cemetery, Edmonton
A monument For those who fought for Ukraine’s Freedom in St. Michael’s Cemetery in Edmonton was vandalized by painting "Nazi monument to 14th Waffen SS". According to Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, such painting reflects the actual historical record for people commemorated by the monument. Jewish organizations requested the removal of damaged monument. However, the Ukrainian Catholic Church called the vandalism "part of the decades long Russian disinformation campaign against Ukraine and Ukrainians to create a false Nazi image of Ukrainian freedom fighters." Bernie Farber of the Canadian Jewish Congresswrites that: "Removing this monument will require the Ukrainian-Canadian community to take a hard look at its own history."
St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery, Oakville
Main article: St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery
Monument to the Glory of the UPA (left) and cenotaph (right) at the St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery
The granite Ukrainian Insurgent Army memorial entitled Pamiatnyk Slavy UPA (English: Monument to the Glory of the UPA) was inaugurated on May 26, 1988 in the St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery in Oakville, Ontario. The memorial commemorates a battle fought by the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) against the Red Army during World War II and their SS division's insignia was added to the memorial soon after inauguration. The memorial was vandalised in mid-June 2022 when someone added the words "Nazi war monument".
The memorial was also the subject of complaints from the Russian Embassy to Canada in 2017, although the complaint was dismissed as "disinformation" in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
See also
References
- Golinkin, Lev (2020-07-21). "Canada's Nazi Monuments". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- "Canadian monument to controversial Ukrainian national hero ignites debate". RCI | English. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ "Alberta journalist charged with mischief in vandalism of controversial statue". CBC. 25 Oct 2022.
- "Group resumes decades-old fight to remove statue of Ukrainian Nazi collaborator outside Edmonton cultural centre". edmontonjournal. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- "Ukrainian monuments vandalized, group calls for their removal over historical record". Edmonton. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- Noakes, Taylor (7 Nov 2022). "Canada Has a Nazi Monument Problem". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- Lung, Raylene. "Jewish groups call for removal of vandalized Ukrainian WWII memorial". CBC News.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Ukrainian monuments vandalized, group calls for their removal over historical record". Edmonton. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- Post, Bernie Farber, Special to National (2020-07-22). "Bernie Farber: Canada's monument to Nazi soldiers". National Post. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Rudling, Per Anders (3 July 2020). "Long-Distance Nationalism: Ukrainian Monuments and Historical Memory in Multicultural Canada". In Marschall, Sabine (ed.). Public Memory in the Context of Transnational Migration and Displacement (PDF). pp. 105–108. ISBN 978-3-030-41329-3.
- ^ Samphir, Harrison (26 July 2020). "Why is a monument commemorating a Nazi SS division still standing outside Toronto?". Canadian Dimension.
- Pugliese, David (17 July 2020). "Graffiti on monument commemorating Nazi SS division being investigated as a hate crime by police". ottawacitizen. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- "Canada police investigate vandalism of monument to Nazi troops as hate crime". the Guardian. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
External links
- Owen Schalk, Why isn’t Canadian media condemning Nazi collaborator Roman Shukhevych?, Canadian Dimension, November 3 2022.