Yaroslav Hunka

Yaroslav Hunka (Ukrainian: Ярослав Гунька, Polish: Jarosław Hunka; born 1925) is a Ukrainian-Canadian World War II veteran of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), a military formation of Nazi Germany. Born in Urman, then part of the Second Polish Republic, Hunka volunteered for SS Galizien in 1943. After the war, he immigrated to Canada as a displaced person, where he worked in the aviation industry, and became heavily involved in the Ukrainian community after retirement. He is a resident of North Bay, Ontario. In 2023, Hunka made international headlines after he was invited to the House of Commons of Canada to be recognized by Speaker Anthony Rota, the Member of Parliament for Hunka's district. On September 22, Hunka received two standing ovations from all house members, including Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and visiting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy...