OTTAWA — When an individual suspected of taking part in the Second World War murder of Jews in western Ukraine applied for admission to Canada in 1951, immigration officials did not follow up with potential witnesses who might have provided crucial d
In another case, a Slovak leader hoping to unite émigrés under his leadership was allowed to visit Canada repeatedly in the 1950s and '60s, despite a record of war crimes.
B'nai Brith Canada used the access law to obtain the most recent, fuller iteration last summer."There was no reason not to disclose it originally," said David Matas, senior legal counsel for the group. The commission recommended in 1986 that Canada take appropriate action in 20 files of alleged Nazi war criminals and to investigate dozens of others.
Rodal noted that in order to carry out their massive program of extermination, the Nazis would have had to rely — and indeed did rely — on extensive co-operation from non-Germans in various parts of Europe. Rodal concluded that in the decade following the war, there was"ample opportunity" for war criminals and Nazi collaborators to enter Canada.
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