Martin Hunka

Canadian son of a Nazi named Yaroslav Hunka.

Martin Hunka’s father fought with the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division, which served under command of the Nazis during World War II.

Hunka’s division, the 14th Waffen SS, murdered over 100,000 unarmed Poles in Volhynian and Galicia.

Anthony Rota honored Yaroslav Hunka in the House of Commons to a standing ovation by all MPs.

Hunka was given a unanimous standing ovation by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and MPs and Senators from all parties when he was introduced to a special Sept. 22 sitting of Canada’s parliament.

Martin Hunka is aware of his father’s past and has openly acknowledged his Nazi ties. When he attended a Ukraine rally in 2022, he told Baytoday.ca:

“For my dad here who is 97 this month, it has been a very difficult week. He is reliving the war that he fought, as history keeps repeating itself. He is reliving the war that he fought (WW2 against the Russians).” In the same interview, Yaroslav added: “In the last war, I joined the Ukrainian underground to fight Russia.”

After it was discovered that the University of Alberta had accepted a $30,000 donation and named an endowment fund in the name of Yaroslav and Margaret Hunka, the university announced that they would be returning the funds.

The fiasco has thrown a spotlight on on the fascistic and anti-Semitic traditions of Ukrainian nationalism that developed in the wake of the 1917 October Revolution. The celebration of Hunka also drew unwelcome attention to Canada’s role in providing a safe haven to him and up to 2,000 like members of “the all-Ukrainian” Waffen-SS Galicia Division, as well as tens of thousands of other Ukrainian fascists after the Third Reich’s inglorious collapse at the end of World War II.