The publication of the secret list is being opposed for fear it could fuel Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that the invasion of Ukraine amounts to a purge of Nazis
The Library and Archives Canada say they were worried that Russia could use the report to 'further these allegations or conduct disinformation campaigns in Canada.'Russian propaganda in the war against Ukraine could get a boost from the release of a secret report naming hundreds of alleged Nazi war criminals who later came to Canada, the federal government has been warned.
But the publication of the secret list is being opposed by some groups and individuals consulted by the government who fear it could fuel Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that the invasion of Ukraine amounts to a purge of Nazis. A report by LAC on its consultation in June and July, seen by The Globe and Mail, says many stakeholders it spoke to were concerned about the implications “of associating Ukrainian names with Nazis, especially considering that this was part of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.”
But he added that all alleged war criminals, regardless of when or where they committed their crimes, should be brought to trial under Canadian criminal law. “If evidence of wartime criminality by any person found in Canada exists, that information must be communicated to the proper authorities for investigation,” he said.
But she cautioned that context was crucial too, and warned that Ottawa must make clear the list was of individuals alleged to have been complicit in war crimes, not war criminals. She said that “they are allegations only that were minimally investigated. They were not well researched let alone proven in a court.”
But Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, senior director, policy and advocacy at the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, said less attention should be paid to the feelings of alleged war criminals and more attention paid to their victims.
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