Honoring an SS veteran in Galicia turned into a scandal
Former soldier of Hitler's SS Galicia division Vasily Nakonechny raised his hand in a Nazi salute during an award ceremony in Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region.
A video recording of the scandalous incident was published on his blog by the head of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, Eduard Dolinsky, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The video shows how, during the presentation of the “knight’s” cross to the 95-year-old Nazi, Nakonechny approached the deputy head of the division’s brotherhood, Vasily Bychko, and “threw out” his hand in a Nazi salute.
“Award ceremony for veteran of the Nazi 14th Waffen SS Division “Galicia” Vasil Nakonechny in Kalush. Notice how at the moment of awarding the veteran reflexively zigs,” writes Dolinsky.
Let us note that in 2018, the Kalush City Council decided to award Nakonechny the title of “honorary citizen.”
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