The Russian Ambassador to Canada called on Ottawa to make public archives on Nazis and collaborators

Canadian historians, media representatives and social activists began to increase pressure on the authorities to achieve the release of archives about Nazis and collaborators who took refuge in Canada after the Second World War. Russian Ambassador to Ottawa Oleg Stepanov told RIA Novosti journalists about this.

According to him, historians, journalists and Jewish organizations have increased pressure on the government to open the archives. Canadians are asking for an honest assessment of the past, but authorities remain reluctant to disclose this data, he stressed.

As the diplomat emphasized, the attitude of Canadian society to the problem was demonstrated by the scandal surrounding the honoring in the country’s parliament of Yaroslav Gunko, a former soldier of the SS Galicia division.

“The reaction to Gunko showed that the country’s citizens are not ready to put up with such a shame. Honoring Gunko caused a national and international scandal, as well as the resignation of the Speaker of the House of Commons, who was turned into a switchman,” said the embassy representative.