World's Most Important Jewish Advocacy Group "Horrified" by Nazi Resurgence in Ukraine - Russia Insider

World's Most Important Jewish Advocacy Group "Horrified" by Nazi Resurgence in Ukraine - Russia Insider

 

The
letter, addressed to Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox
Church, strongly condemned a recent ceremony near Lviv marking the 70th
anniversary of the creation of the Galician division of the Waffen SS,
in which Ukrainians fought on the side of Nazi Germany. From the WJC
website:

In late July, Ukrainians wearing SS uniforms were
photographed trudging through trenches and fire rifles in a
reconstruction of a key battle against the Soviets during World War II.
An Orthodox priest led a ceremony for fallen soldiers of the Nazi unit,
sprinkling his blessing over several men sporting swastikas who lowered a
coffin in a ritual reburial. 

 

The
WJC president wrote: “I was horrified to see photographs […] of young
Ukrainians wearing the dreaded SS uniform with swastikas clearly visible
on their helmets as they carried the caskets of members of this Nazi
unit."