They swore loyalty until death—and many met it in the ruins of Hitler’s empire. In the final chapter of the Waffen SS, we follow their failed last stand at Lake Balaton, their brutal retreat through ...

The SS and Army Security formations who operated behind the front lines during World War II. In this documentary, we uncover ...

The university has held a number of online discussions since it was revealed that Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian-Canadian veteran who served in the Waffen SS, was given two standing ovations as he ...

On October 15, 1943 the number of SS Division Galicia was 4,280 people, of which only 820 were Germans, and there were 3,460 Ukrainians in its ranks.

The admission by Nobel prize-winning novelist Guenter Grass that he served in the notorious Waffen SS during World War II has sent shockwaves through Germany and neighbouring Poland. The Waffen SS was ...

The UCC prepared the political terrain for its explicit defence of Hunka and the Waffen-SS with a terse, obliquely-worded statement issued six days after parliament’s saluting of the 98-year-old ...

Nobel Prize-winning German writer Guenter Grass, author of the great anti-Nazi novel The Tin Drum, has admitted serving in the Waffen SS. He told a German newspaper he had been recruited at the age of ...

A photograph of SS Galizien soldier Yaroslav Hunka, taken between 1943 and 1945 | Creative Commons via Wikimedia Canada’s enemies have thus latched on to these simple narratives, alongside concerned ...

Canada Nazi row: Governor General apologises for honour given to man who fought in Waffen SS unit. 5 October 2023. Share Save. Nadine Yousif. BBC News, Toronto. Share Save. Getty Images.

Kubiyovych played a key role in the formation of the Waffen-SS Galizien and publicly announced his willingness to take up arms and fight for the Nazi cause - Click the link for more details.

He said it did not make sense just to return $30,000 from the family of Mr. Hunka, who was a teenager at the time he volunteered to fight with the Waffen SS division, while keeping money from more ...