Back in April, the Guardian reported that a Ukrainian orchestra visiting the UK had to postpone some of its concerts because visas for its musicians were either delayed or refused, adding huge costs to their tour.
He also wrote a story of his life (with peculiar gaps) in 2011. 32 of 40 kids in his class were Jewish in 1941, before Hitler invaded USSR (according to Hunka). They were murdered over the next 2 years (not mentioned, but small town had around 30 Jews survive out of 32,000). Hunka calls these two years “the happiest of his whole life”. Then he joined Waffen SS. He had a long one.
Very interesting. Clearly it's right that "It can simultaneously be true that, right now, Ukraine is fighting against Russian aggression, in line with Western values and interests, and is led by a popular and much-admired Jewish President; and that Ukrainian nationalism has, in the past, been responsible for some of pre-Holocaust Europe’s worst antisemitic bloodshed."
Hunka did live in Britain for several years.
He also wrote a story of his life (with peculiar gaps) in 2011. 32 of 40 kids in his class were Jewish in 1941, before Hitler invaded USSR (according to Hunka). They were murdered over the next 2 years (not mentioned, but small town had around 30 Jews survive out of 32,000). Hunka calls these two years “the happiest of his whole life”. Then he joined Waffen SS. He had a long one.
Very interesting. Clearly it's right that "It can simultaneously be true that, right now, Ukraine is fighting against Russian aggression, in line with Western values and interests, and is led by a popular and much-admired Jewish President; and that Ukrainian nationalism has, in the past, been responsible for some of pre-Holocaust Europe’s worst antisemitic bloodshed."