The notorious "Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation", an institute created in 1993 by the U.S governmental agencies in collaboration with the... crème de la crème of international anti-communism, has been exposed once again.
This time, the Department of Canadian Heritage is being told that more than half of the 550 names on the Memorial to the Victims of Communism should be removed because of potential links to the Nazis or questions about affiliations with fascist groups, according to government records.
According to a report by Ottawa Citizen, "the department had determined that 50 to 60 of the names or organizations were likely directly linked to the Nazis, according to the documents obtained by the Ottawa Citizen through an access to information request".
A 2023 report for Canadian Heritage recommended more than 330 names be excluded to be on the safe side, the records noted. The exclusions were recommended because of the lack of information about the individuals or organizations and whether they might have links to fascist organizations or the Nazis. Some of the entries could also be removed because they have no direct link to Canada.
The report adds: "The memorial, which is located near the corner of Wellington and Bay streets, is supposed to honor those who suffered under communism. But concerns have been raised over the years by Jewish organizations and historians that names of eastern Europeans who collaborated with the Nazis in the Holocaust have been put forward in an attempt to whitewash their past. The memorial was supposed to be unveiled in November 2023 but that was put on hold after members of Parliament honored Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian soldier with the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, a voluntary unit that was under the command of the Nazis. That incident became an international embarrassment for Canada."
No surprise at all: Anti-communism is inextricably connected with the glorification of Nazism and Fascism and VOC's historical links with Waffen-SS supporters, Nazi collaborators and Ukrainian Banderists is an undoubted testimony.
* Nikos Mottas is the Editor-in-Chief of In Defense of Communism.
You can read more about the "Victims of Communism Foundation" and its role in Nikos Mottas' article at the World Marxist Review (Volume 3, Number 3, 2024): The Spectre of Communism: Aspects of Anti -Communist Propaganda in Post-Cold War Era. (2024). World Marxist Review , 3(3), 41-52. https://doi.org/10.62834/v7zez250
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