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Toronto – the city has a Catholic elementary school named for Iosif Slipyi (1892–1984), archbishop in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. In 1941, Nazi Germany invaded Ukraine, kicking off a series of pogroms that would lead to the annihilation of 1.5 million Jews thanks to the Nazis and their willing collaborators. Slipyi welcomed the Nazis to western Ukraine and was part of a self-proclaimed government that pledged allegiance to Hitler.

In 1943, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church played an important role in the creation of SS Galichina (see earlier entries). Slipyi coordinated the church’s aid to the Waffen-SS – he not only assigned chaplains to the unit but personally celebrated mass at the division’s official creation. SS Galichina went on to commit war crimes such as the Huta Pieniacka massacre.

Forty years later, with the full benefit of hindsight, Slipyi remained proud of the Waffen-SS. In 1983, he gushed praise when commemorating SS Galichina’s founding. “Let the memory of Ukrainian Galichian Division live with us forever as a testament to nations that we strive for freedom, statehood and are prepared for the greatest sacrifices for truth, fairness and peace to be in our land,” he proclaimed, calling on the faithful to pray for SS men.

Above left, Slipyi leaves after conducting religious services in Oshawa Ontario, 1976. Above right, SS-Sturmbannführer Vasyl Laba, the head chaplain of SS Galichina, conducting services.

See the Italy, Ukraine and US sections for more Slipyi glorification. See the JTA on Nazi symbols that are a regular part of SS Galichina commemorations, condemnations from the German ambassador to Ukraine and Israeli foreign ministry, and the AP on former SS-Galichina officer in the US.

https://forward.com/news/481568/monuments-to-nazi-collaborators-around-the-world/

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