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CTV News
5 days ago
- Politics
- CTV News
London street ‘named after a Nazi'
A human rights organization is demanding city hall change the name of Max Brose Drive due to ties to Hitler's Nazi regime. CTV London's Sean Irvine explains.
CTV News
5 days ago
- Politics
- CTV News
London, Ont. street named after a Nazi ‘unacceptable,' says human rights group
A prominent human rights organization is demanding that a London city street named after a man with ties to the Nazi regime be renamed. This sign has been posted in an industrial area in southeast London for over two decades. Max Brose Drive sits near Brose Canada, one of several industries along the roadway. However, founder Max Brose has a dark past, according to the human rights organization Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC). 'This man was a Nazi and complicit in war crimes,' said Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, an FSWC spokesperson. She cites Max Brose's record with the Nazi regime. 'This man was happy to have Jewish and other slaves working in his plant to produce armaments for a genocidal war effort,' said Kirzner-Roberts. On its website, Browse contends its founder was determined to be a 'passive follower' of the regime, and not a 'Nazi activist.' Max Brose Drive An undated image of Max Brose. (Source: The center vehemently disagrees, calling him 'a major supporter' of German National Socialism. They further contend that the City of London should have known better than to have named a street after Max Brose. It argues that the street signs are fundamentally incompatible with Canadian values and a stain on the good name of the nation. It is demanding that Mayor Josh Morgan take action. In a letter sent to his office, dated July 31, the FSWC calls for Max Brose Drive to be renamed. The organization acknowledges it had been unaware of the street until recently, 'We certainly were surprised to find out that there was a street in London named after a Nazi.' CTV News reached out to the mayor's office for comment and have been told he had just become aware of the letter and is preparing to review it. Kirzner-Roberts hopes that it happens quickly, 'This is on the property of a government and of a nation that fought the Nazis at great expense, at great cost. And we find this unacceptable.'
Russia Today
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Western European leaders dragging continent toward war with Russia
Western European leaders have forgotten the lessons of history and are once again steering the continent toward direct military confrontation with Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned. During a press conference following ASEAN events on Friday, he pointed to recent actions and rhetoric coming from Berlin, Paris, and London as evidence that European leaders are taking an increasingly aggressive stance toward Moscow. Lavrov pointed to a public exchange in which French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot was asked why Paris continues to support the Nazi regime in Kiev. The Russian diplomat questioned the sincerity of Barrot's 'hysterical' response, in which he insisted France was defending 'the territorial integrity of Ukraine.' 'They have forgotten the conclusions that all of humanity once drew from those lessons. And, essentially, they are once again trying to prepare Europe for war – not some hybrid war, but a real war against Russia,' Lavrov stated. Kiev's push for territorial control serves only to 'suppress the rights of the Russian and Russian-speaking population and to physically eliminate those who oppose' the post-coup regime, according to Russia's top that territorial integrity is the sole motive amount to 'self-incrimination,' he added. Moscow has sounded the alarm over the resurgence of Nazi ideology and suppression of Russian culture in Ukraine for years, listing 'denazification' as one of the key goals in the conflict. Lavrov also addressed remarks by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said Germany must once again become Europe's leading military power. 'He didn't even choke on the word 'again,'' Lavrov noted. If Merz now believes peaceful solutions are exhausted, he has effectively dedicated himself to the militarization of Germany at the expense of its own people, Lavrov argued, calling such a stance 'complete nonsense.' Moscow has warned that Berlin's stance could lead to a new armed conflict with Moscow decades after the end of World War II. The Kremlin maintains that Russia prefers a peaceful solution to the conflict but warned that conditions on the ground are rapidly evolving while Kiev balks at a third round of direct negotiations. Moscow has condemned the EU's growing militarization, which has stirred divisions within the bloc, while describing its weapons deliveries to Kiev as part of a NATO-led proxy war. Lavrov said Moscow will take Europe's militarization 'into account in all areas of our strategic planning.'
