Holocaust
“We will pass their memories on to coming generations,” Netanyahu said.
The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, who resigned, had previously apologized for honoring a Ukrainian man who fought in a Nazi unit.
“The idea that someone with my family background would discriminate against any religion is so outrageous—so absurd!” Merrick Garland said on Sept. 20.
Anthony Rota had praised Yaroslav Hunka, who served in the Waffen SS, as a “Ukrainian hero” and a “Canadian hero.”
Stanlee Stahl, executive vice president of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, said the honor is also for the many Polish heroes who saved Jews during the Holocaust.
The Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA praised the legal team that made the seizure possible.
“We must show zero-tolerance towards antisemitism,” said Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan at the memorial event.
Police raid homes of 28 leaders across 10 states • Government bans the organization.
The letter, to be published in a forthcoming book, “undercuts” the Vatican’s suggestion that it hadn’t been able to verify Nazi atrocities at the time.
One Jewish soldier said classmates were “frozen in shock” when she planned to enlist • German army hired military rabbis in recent years.
The Ulmas “represented a ray of light in the darkness,” Pope Francis said in a public address.
The killer reportedly wore a swastika and carried a Nazi flag during the attack.
