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| '''Vladimir Katriuk''' (born 1921) is a Ukrainian immigrant in Canada accused by Simon Wiesenthal Center of being an active participant in the ] during the ].<ref name="TheStar"></ref><ref name="NationalPost" /> In 2012, Katriuk was ranked number four on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's most wanted list of former ]'s<ref name="TheStar" /><ref name="NationalPost" |
'''Vladimir Katriuk''' (born 1921) is a Ukrainian immigrant in Canada accused by Simon Wiesenthal Center of being an active participant in the ] during the ].<ref name="TheStar"></ref><ref name="NationalPost" /> In 2012, Katriuk was ranked number four on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's most wanted list of former ]'s<ref name="TheStar" /><ref name="NationalPost" />, even after found innocent by ]. Katriuk has denied any involvement in ]s.<ref name="TheStar" /><ref name="NationalPost". | ||
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Vladimir Katriuk (born 1921) is a Ukrainian immigrant in Canada accused by Simon Wiesenthal Center of being an active participant in the Khatyn massacre during the Second World War. In 2012, Katriuk was ranked number four on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's most wanted list of former Nazi's, even after found innocent by Federal Court of Canada. Katriuk has denied any involvement in war crimes.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Currently, Katriuk owns a beekeeping farm in Ormstown, Quebec and resides in a small house on the property with his wife.
Canadian citizenship
In 1999, a Federal Court of Canada decision concluded that Katriuk immigrated to Canada in 1951 under a pseudonym and obtained his Canadian citizenship by providing false information. The court heard that in 1942-1944 Katriuk had been a member of the Schutzmannschaft Batallion 118, and was fighting against Soviets. Court also heard that in 1944 Katriuk joined the French Resistance and was fighting against the Nazis, in Autiumn 1944 as a private he joined the French Foreign Legion and was one of twenty to twenty-five "volunteers" who were asked by their French commanders to go to the front to fight the German army. Katriuk claimed in court that he was placed in charge of a machine gun and, during the course of his participation, was severely injured. Katriuk claimed in court that he spent 2.5 months in an American hospital in France. Katriuk claimed in court that he later fought with the allies at the Italian front near Monaco.
The Federal Court of Canada found no evidence that Kartiuk had participated in any war crimes. In 2007, the Cabinet of Canada decided not to revoke Kartriuk's citizenship.
Schutzmannschaft Batallion 118
Katriuk's Nazi ties were known at the time of the Federal Court of Canada decision, but more details did not emerge until the release in 2008 of the yet to be seen KGB interrogation reports from the trial of of one of the batallion officers named Vasiura. The new KGB documents claim that Katriuk was directly involved in the Khatyn massacre. In an article written by Lund University historian Per Ander Rudling, relying on yet not seen by public KGB interrogation reports, wrote that “One witness stated that Volodymyr Katriuk was a particularly active participant in the atrocity: he reportedly lay behind the stationary machine gun, firing rounds on anyone attempting to escape the flames,” Another war crimes trial in 1973 heard that Katriuk and two others killed a group of Belarusian loggers earlier on that fateful day, suspecting they were part of a popular uprising. "I saw how Ivankiv was firing with a machine-gun upon the people who were running for cover in the forest, and how Katriuk and Meleshko were shooting the people lying on the road," the witness said. Katriuk was a member of Schutzmannschaft Batallion 118 that helped the Nazi's to create "dead zones." The dead zone policy involved exterminating Soviet partisans who had launched ambushes against Nazi forces.
Canada re-examines case
On April 25, 2012, the Department of Justice Minister Rob Nicholson and the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister Jason Kenney advised a group of Holocaust survivors that the Government of Canada would re-examine the case of Vladimir Katriuk.
See also
- Helmut Oberlander
- Imre Finta
- Ukrainian collaborationism with the Axis powers
- Ukrainische Hilfspolizei
References
- ^ Accused Nazi living as Quebec beekeeper
- ^ Ottawa to re-examine former Nazi’s past after evidence emerges linking him to 1943 massacre
- Cite error: The named reference
Globe&Mailwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Federal Court of Canada decision Docket: T-2409-96 The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration v. Vladimir Katriuk
- Petrouchkevitch, Natalia. (1999). Victims and Criminals: Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118. Wilfrid Laurier University. ISBN 0612448231
- ^ New information links Montrealer to WWII massacre
- Holocaust Genocide Studies (Spring 2012) 26(1): 29-58 The Khatyn Massacre in Belorussia: A Historical Controversy Revisited
- Ottawa to re-examine former Nazi’s past after evidence emerges linking him to 1943 massacre
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