Oopsy daisies (lemmy.world)
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[–] 18 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (5 children)

This shouldn't be surprising given:

https://www.jta.org/1997/06/05/global/canada-knowingly-admitted-ss-members-after-world-war-ii

One of the ways of getting into Canada during the postwar period “was by showing the SS tattoo,” Canadian historian Irving Abella told “60 Minutes” interviewer Mike Wallace. “This proved that you were an anti-Communist.”

The Canadian government hasn't really changed. Some high up government officials are the children and grandchildren of Nazi war criminals: https://www.google.com/amp/s/ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation/wcm/11196169-fd23-4643-94b4-08039235c595/amp/

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Liberals always side with fascists over communists/socialists when push comes to shove.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    After Britain and France turned them down and did appeasement with the nazis

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm sorry did you miss the part where that was Stalin actively bargaining with the Nazis to join the Axis in exchange for Turkey and Bulgaria?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    Did you miss the part where France and England refused to join a defensive alliance with the USSR? And did appeasement with the nazis? And how denazification happened more in Eastern Europe than west Germany?

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