This article is dumb AF. Dude was a fucking 18 year old infantryman when Nazi Germany surrendered. This article tries to portray him as some high-level Nazi and tries to smear the monarchy by implication.

Hmm, let's read the article. (Savaryn is the guy):

Originally from Ukraine, he served in the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS – the so-called Galicia division – during World War Two.

And:

Savaryn rarely spoke publicly about his wartime experiences, but admitted in an interview to joining the Galicia division in 1944 after much of the unit was encircled and destroyed during the Soviet liberation of Ukraine.

Rather than fighting to free Ukraine from Soviet rule, the Galicia division retreated deeper into German-occupied Europe. Savaryn confessed to hunting down partisans during Slovakia’s uprising against the Nazis in 1944.

According to the Military Historical Institute of Slovakia, “If we compare them to regular Wehrmacht units, the way they behaved, the cruelty and the pillage by the Galicia Division was much worse. The Galician Division was the most cruel, the worst of all.”

Just an "18 year old infantryman" my ass. Was he sorry for what he did?

In his memoirs, Savaryn refers to the Galicia division as “the Knights of the Golden Lion” – a reference to an old Galician kingdom’s coat of arms adopted by the Ukrainian SS men as their unit’s insignia.

Also pictured in Savaryn’s memoirs is his presence at the consecration of the Galicia division memorial in Edmonton’s St. Michael’s Cemetery in 1976 by Catholic Cardinal and Ukrainian nationalist Josyf Slipyj. The memorial lies close to the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex.

I guess not.

Now get fucked with your Nazi apologia.

[+] protist@mander.xyz 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

If you had read the article you would know the guy grew up in what was then Poland during the Holodomor, not Ukraine. You probably have double genocide brainworms, and this excuses nothing. (Nazi apologia count: 1)

You ignored where I quoted how the guy was at the consecration of a fucking Waffen-SS memorial in 1976, you know, at age 50. Instead you keep repeating how young he was (Nazi apologia count: 2)

You also ignored that the guy is definitely a war criminal, being part of the Waffen-SS in Slovakia, instead you paint him as the victim. Oh how hard it must have been during the Slovakia uprising, for, *checks notes*, the poor Waffen-SS soldier on massacre duty. Come on, you got to be kidding me. (Nazi apologia count: 3)

Then there's some bullshit about how "Nazis gave them hope" (do you hear yourself?) and "impossible situation", apparently that's a valid excuse to join the Waffen-SS in your book. You know who didn't join the Waffen-SS? Literally almost every other Ukrainian. (Nazi apologia count: 4, 5)

Can I see this promotion of multiculturalism and tolerance please? And how is it possible that this very tolerant man put up a Waffen-SS memorial at age 50? I don't believe you, you're making this shit up. But I see this fun quote by him about multiculturalism:

“I kept telling Peter [Lougheed]: ‘broaden the base, involve the ethnics, like Ukrainians and Germans, that no one is enlisting,’” Savaryn said in an interview with the Edmonton Journal, the mouthpiece of Alberta’s Conservatives.

Or maybe you mean that he was president of the "World Congress of Free Ukrainians"? Because I can already smell the fascist OUN stink coming off of this org. Oh yeah here it is.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I mean his fucking great uncle literally wined and dined with Hitler, there's so much juicier shit if you wanted to go that route

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

Good thing the british royals haven't had more nazi sympathizers