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The Roman Shukhevych statue in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada is a controversial sculpture located near the Ukrainian Youth Association ''
The Russian Embassy to Canada objected to the presence of the statue in October 2018.
The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies called for the removal of the statue in 2021, stating that the statue and another local statue honours "Nazi collaborators and war criminals". Jewish group B'nai Brith also called for the statue's removal.
The bust was vandalised with the word "Nazi scum" in 2019. The sculpture was again dubbed with graffiti in 2021 with the words "Actual Nazi" written in red paint. In reaction to the second vandalism, the Ukrainian Youth Association issued as statement calling the accusations that Ukrainian nationalist fighters during the Second World War were Nazis " fake news" and " Communist propaganda".
In October 2022, journalist and activist
narodny dim
A ''narodny dim'' ( uk, народний дім) is a community hall, used for cultural and social purposes by Ukrainians in Ukraine and in the Ukrainian diaspora. ''Narodoni dim'' literally means "people's home" or "national hall". ''Narodny domy' ...
'' of the Ukrainian nationalist
Ukrainian nationalism refers to the promotion of the unity of Ukrainians as a people and it also refers to the promotion of the identity of Ukraine as a nation state. The nation building that arose as nationalism grew following the French Revol ...
Roman Shukhevych, a military leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), and one of the perpetrators of the Galicia-Volhynia massacres of approximately 100,000 Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...
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Description and location
The bronze bust is located on private property near the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex in Edmonton. It was partly funded by Canadian taxpayers. The statue consists of a bust of Roman Shukhevych, the Ukrainian ultranationalist and World War II Nazi collaborator. It was erected in 1973 by Ukrainian veterans of the Second World War who emigrated to Canada.Critical reception and vandalism
The Russian Embassy to Canada objected to the presence of the statue in October 2018.
The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies called for the removal of the statue in 2021, stating that the statue and another local statue honours "Nazi collaborators and war criminals". Jewish group B'nai Brith also called for the statue's removal.
The bust was vandalised with the word "Nazi scum" in 2019. The sculpture was again dubbed with graffiti in 2021 with the words "Actual Nazi" written in red paint. In reaction to the second vandalism, the Ukrainian Youth Association issued as statement calling the accusations that Ukrainian nationalist fighters during the Second World War were Nazis " fake news" and " Communist propaganda".
In October 2022, journalist and activist Duncan Kinney
Duncan Kinney (born 1982 or 1983) is an Edmonton-based Canadian journalist and activist. He is the founder and executive director of Progress Alberta and the editor of ''The Progress Report''.
Early life and education
Kinney was born in and g ...
was charged with graffiti related to the vandalism.
See also
*List of Nazi monuments in Canada
Canada has several monuments and memorials that to varying degrees commemorate people and groups accused of collaboration with the Axis powers, collaboration with Nazi forces.
Monuments and memorials include or have included a statue of Draža M ...
References
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