Graffiti on Monument to SS Division Being Investigated as a Hate Crime by Canadian Police
Thanks to Saint Jimmy for recommending this article... Graffiti on Monument to SS Division Being Investigated as a Hate Crime by Canadian Police 14th Waffen Division of the SS (1st Galician) David Pugliese An incident involving graffiti spray painted on a monument to those who fought in Adolf Hitler’s SS is being investigated as a hate crime by an Ontario police force. Someone painted “Nazi war monument” on a stone cenotaph commemorating those who served with the 14th SS Division. The monument is located in Oakville in the St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery. The division, made up of Ukrainians who pledged allegiance to Hitler, was part of the Nazi’s Waffen SS organization. Some members of the division have been accused of killing Polish women and children as well as Jews during the Second World War. Halton Regional Police believe the graffiti was spray painted on the cenotaph sometime around June 21. Police said they were investigating th...