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Memorial to Victims of Communism opens without any names on its remembrance wall

The Dec. 12 ceremony was briefly interrupted by a protestor who shouted, "No Banderites, No Nazis," referring to concerns that many of its planned honourees were Nazis and Nazi collaborators.

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Jeremy Appel
Dec 13, 2024
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Ludwik Klimkowski, board chair of Tribute to Liberty, speaks at the unveiling of Memorial to the Victims of Communism in Ottawa on Dec. 12. (Screenshot/CPAC)

More than a decade after it was first proposed and $6 million over budget, Ottawa’s troubled Memorial to the Victims of Communism was officially inaugurated at a sparsely attended Dec. 12 ceremony,…

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