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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1556498)9/3/2025 11:03:49 AM
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Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was reluctant and dismissive when it came to prosecuting Nazi war criminals in Canada.
  • In the late 1970s and early 1980s, when evidence surfaced that Nazi collaborators had immigrated to Canada after WWII, critics pressed his government to take action.

  • Trudeau downplayed the issue, reportedly saying Canada was “not going to go witch-hunting” decades after the war.

  • He questioned the value of pursuing elderly suspects so many years later and suggested that Canada should “let the past stay in the past.”

  • This stance frustrated Jewish organizations, Holocaust survivors, and human rights groups, who argued that Canada had become a safe haven for war criminals.

  • It wasn’t until after Trudeau left office (under Brian Mulroney’s government in the mid-1980s) that Canada established the Deschênes Commission (1985–1986) to investigate Nazi war criminals living in Canada, eventually leading to some deportations and denaturalizations.
In short: Trudeau essentially opposed active prosecution of Nazi war criminals, preferring to move on rather than reopen cases decades later.

Decades later his son stands up to applaud Yaroslav Hunka in the House of Parliament.

In the blue dress behind Justin Trudeau is assistant Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, granddaughter of NAZI Propaganda Chief Mykhailo Khomiak

Chrystia Freeland is cheering and applauding NAZI soldier Yaroslav Hunka with joyful abandon.




To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1556498)9/3/2025 11:04:26 AM
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United States
  • As of February 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Friedrich Karl Berger was the 70th Nazi persecutor deported from the United States—specifically, removed to Germany for his role as a guard in the Neuengamme concentration camp system.

  • Additionally, Jakiw Palij, a former Trawniki concentration camp guard, was deported in August 2018. Following his deportation, U.S. authorities considered him the last known Nazi suspect in the country at that time.
So, in total, the United States has deported at least 70 Nazi war criminals through formal proceedings.

Canada
  • Canada’s process evolved more slowly. The Deschênes Commission, active between 1985 and 1986, investigated allegations and confirmed that Nazi war criminals had immigrated to Canada. It recommended legal reforms to allow prosecution and deportation.

  • According to the Commission's findings:

    • At least four men were charged with participation in Holocaust-era war crimes in Canada (one was acquitted, two had charges dropped, and one had the case stayed due to health reasons).

    • Since 1998, Canadian courts found that six individuals could have their citizenship revoked for misrepresenting their wartime activities—though, in most cases, deportation was not pursued due to weak or circumstantial evidence.

    • Another seven individuals subject to deportation or denaturalization procedures died before any outcome.

  • The Commission also acknowledged that thousands of former Nazis had immigrated post-WWII; an estimate noted up to ~800 individuals possibly living in Canada with Nazi ties—29 of whom merited intensive investigation.
Despite significant investigation, the actual number of successful deportations from Canada appears to be extremely low—possibly zero or just a handful.

Comparison Table

USAAt least 70 deportations have been carried out via denaturalization and removal proceedings.

Canada

Likely very few (possibly none) —despite legislative changes in the late 1980s, successful deportations remain rare or undocumented.