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List of 900 Nazis who fled to Canada may be withheld to not embarrass Ottawa
A list of Nazi war criminals who fled to Canada after the Second World War is facing increasing pressure to be kept from the public, as some bureaucrats feel it would be embarrassing for the country, despite the list including around 900 names.
Ottawa-based Library and Archives Canada held consultations with unnamed members of Canada’s Ukrainian community and a “discrete group of individuals or organizations” regarding whether the names should be made public, according to documents obtained by the Ottawa Citizen.
Some of those present in the consultation claimed that releasing the information would be embarrassing and could lead to the alleged war criminals being prosecuted.
“A few stakeholders were concerned that the release of the report would result in new legal action (criminal prosecution, citizen revocation, or otherwise) being brought against the individuals named in the report,” read the documents.
However, among those who weren’t consulted were Holocaust survivors and scholars, the ones who had initially advocated for a full release of the list of alleged Nazi war criminals.
