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Keyserlingk Introduction
Robert H. Keyserlingk was diagnosed with mesothelioma (asbestos-related
cancer) in 2007 and died on 08Dec2009 as
explained at http://www.canadianasbestosexports.ca/
by his wife, Michaela. He wrote his Ph.D. at the London School of
Economics after he had served as a Canadian Foreign Service Officer in
Bonn and London and taught history at the University of Ottawa from
1964 to 1993. Four of his books, as
found on the Internet,
- Austria in World War II: An Anglo-American dilemma
- Breaking Ground: The 1956 Hungarian Refugee Movement to Canada
- Media Manipulation: The press and Bismark in imperial Germany
- Invisible Austria: Canada's View 1938 - 1959
indicate an intimate knowledge of the conditions in Central and Eastern
Europe following WWII and especially of immigration of refugees to
Canada. Dr. Keyserlingk's overseas experience as a Foreign Service
Officer in the Department of
Citizenship and Immigration stationed during the 1950s and early 1960s
in
Germany and the UK led him to be skeptical of the government’s claim
regarding security screening’s integrity.
Dr. Keyserlingk became familiar with the denaturalization and
deportation trial of Wasyl Odynsky, prepared a report
on the issue of Canadian immigration security screening of WWII
refugees and was willing to testify as an expert witness on behalf of
Mr. Odynsky at the trial. He even attended the court proceedings on
26Apr1999. Unfortunately, the attorneys of Mr. Odynsky, Mr. Marrocco
and
Mr. Armstrong, decided not to use his expertise to challenge the
"politically correct" testimony of the "expert witnesses" for the
prosecution. In my opinion, this was a critical mistake, which
negatively affected the verdict in the Odynsky and various
other d&d trials.
[The carefully cultivated perception that the conduct of Canadian
soldiers and personnel during WWII and in post-war Europe was exemplary
is a myth. View the original uneditted version of the documentary "The
Valour and the Horror" by Brian McKenna (1992) for a more realistic
understanding of the realities. On a plane trip with my wife, Lily,
circa 1990, we entered into a conversation with a gentleman, who was
part of the occupation forces in the British-occupied zone of Germany
post WWII. He cheerfully described how he and his buddies ran a very
profitable black market operation for the benefit of both themselves
and the surrounding local population.]
Before his death on 02Oct2004, Eugene Harasymiw had arranged to publish
an updated version of Dr. Keyserlingk's report as one of five articles
in his proposed book "Justice Defiled" on denaturalization and
deportation. Unfortunately, the original editor, Craig Mahovsky, moved
to Calgary and the succeeding editior, Jars Balan, procrastinated such
that the book has not been published to the present day. We have
converted the original Microsoft Word document into an html file (with
minor editting and 199 "clickable" footnotes) and are publishing it on
our website WillZuzak.ca.
In addition, we are providing chronological links to many articles and
letters-to-editor in various newspapers archived on the Odynsky
(Oberlander) page.
Finally, we are archiving some Email correspondence received from Dr.
Keyserlingk and his wife, Michaela.
To conclude, the Ukrainian Canadian community owes a debt of gratitude
to Robert H. Keyserlingk for his realistic assessment of immigration
screening and the d&d process. He was an outstanding individual
and his life was a credit to Canadians and humanity. May his soul rest
in peace. Vichna yomu pamiat!
Will Zuzak; 2012.08.26
Robert and Michaela Keyserlingk