Vladimir Putin has frequently invoked World War II and the denazification of the world as an excuse for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Keep in mind that Volodimir Zelensky, Ukraine’s democratically elected president, is Jewish and lost relatives in the holocaust. In a speech justifying his “special military operation,” Putin is quoted as saying: “The purpose of this operation is to protect people who for eight years now have been facing humiliation and genocide perpetrated by the Kyiv regime. To this end, we will seek to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, as well as bring to trial those who perpetrated numerous bloody...