Not only Meleshko, but also Vasiura and Lakusta were sentenced to death and executed for war crimes, but most of the Schutzma¨nner of Bataillon 118 lived out their lives and died of natural causes. Some are still living. At the time of this writing, Katriuk lives in Ormstown, Quebec, a small city outside Montreal, where he worked as a beekeeper and is an active member of the local Orthodox church. He has donated money to the construction of a memorial to “the Heroes of the Bukovyns’kyi Kurin’” in the city of Chernivtsy-which, according to some sources, has made Katriuk an honorary citizen. Denaturalization and deportation proceedings against him have lasted more than a decade; in 1999, the Federal Court of Canada established that Katriuk had gained access to Canada by misrepresentation in 1951, and that he had not been “candid about his participation in Battalion 118. The judge concluded that Katriuk, “as a member of Battalion 118, took part in the operations in which his company was involved, and, as a result, was certainly engaged in fighting enemy partisans.”98 Yet, the denaturalization and deportation procedures were dropped in 2007 due to lack of evidence-a decision that was challenged unsuccessfully by B’nai B’rith. Some Ukrainian nationalist circles in Canada regard Katriuk as a hero and a martyr.
out their lives and died of natural causes. Some are still living. At the time of this writing, Katriuk lives in Ormstown, Quebec, a small city outside Montreal, where
he worked as a beekeeper and is an active member of the local Orthodox church. He has donated money to the construction of a memorial to “the Heroes of the
Bukovyns’kyi Kurin’” in the city of Chernivtsy-which, according to some sources, has made Katriuk an honorary citizen. Denaturalization and deportation proceedings
against him have lasted more than a decade; in 1999, the Federal Court of Canada established that Katriuk had gained access to Canada by misrepresentation
in 1951, and that he had not been “candid about his participation in Battalion 118. The judge concluded that Katriuk, “as a member of Battalion 118, took
part in the operations in which his company was involved, and, as a result, was certainly engaged in fighting enemy partisans.”98 Yet, the denaturalization and deportation
procedures were dropped in 2007 due to lack of evidence-a decision that was challenged unsuccessfully by B’nai B’rith. Some Ukrainian nationalist circles
in Canada regard Katriuk as a hero and a martyr.
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