Yaroslav Hunka - report
Ukrainian‐Canadian Waffen-SS veteran
Yaroslav Hunka is a Ukrainian-Canadian World War II veteran of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS —abbreviated as SS Galizien—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.