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== Freeland affair ==
== Freeland affair ==
Khomiak's granddaughter, [[Chrystia Freeland]], was the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs when news about his work began circulating in 2017. Though Chomiak's connection to Nazism was known, the timing of the spread of that information in Western media led to suggestions that it was politically motivated against Freeland, and orchestrated by [[Intelligence agencies of Russia|Russian intelligence]].<ref name="cosh">{{cite news |last=Cosh |first=Colby |date=March 8, 2018 |title=Colby Cosh: Of course it's 'news' that Freeland's grampa was a Nazi collaborator, even if the Russians are spreading it |newspaper=National Post |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-of-course-its-news-that-freelands-grampa-was-a-nazi-collaborator-even-if-the-russians-are-spreading-it |access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Glavin |first=Terry |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Terry Glavin: Enter the Freeland-Nazi conspiracy — and the amping-up of Russia's mischief in Canada |work=National Post |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/terry-glavin-enter-the-freeland-nazi-conspiracy-and-the-amping-up-of-russias-mischief-in-canada |url-status=live |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20171006181751/http://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry%2Dglavin%2Denter%2Dthe%2Dfreeland%2Dnazi%2Dconspiracy%2Dand%2Dthe%2Damping%2Dup%2Dof%2Drussias%2Dmischief%2Din%2Dcanada |archive-date=October 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="edmontonjournal">{{Cite news |last=Simons |first=Paula |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Paula Simons: 'School of hate': Was Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's grandfather a Nazi collaborator? |work=Edmonton Journal |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/paula-simons-school-of-hate-was-foreign-affairs-minister-chrystia-freelands-grandfather-a-nazi-collaborator |url-status=live |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609231023/http://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/paula-simons-school-of-hate-was-foreign-affairs-minister-chrystia-freelands-grandfather-a-nazi-collaborator |archive-date=June 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name="citizen">{{Cite news |last=Pugliese |first=David |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Chrystia Freeland's granddad was indeed a Nazi collaborator – so much for Russian disinformation |work=Ottawa Citizen |location=Ottawa |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation |url-status=live |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141531/http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation |archive-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>
Khomiak's granddaughter, [[Chrystia Freeland]], was the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs when news about his work began circulating in 2017. Though Chomiak's connection to Nazism was known, the timing of the spread of that information in Western media led to suggestions that it was politically motivated against Freeland, and orchestrated by [[Intelligence agencies of Russia|Russian intelligence]], but after the ‘Russian interference’ of the 2016 election, it is likely that Russia is being used as a cover up.<ref name="cosh">{{cite news |last=Cosh |first=Colby |date=March 8, 2018 |title=Colby Cosh: Of course it's 'news' that Freeland's grampa was a Nazi collaborator, even if the Russians are spreading it |newspaper=National Post |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-of-course-its-news-that-freelands-grampa-was-a-nazi-collaborator-even-if-the-russians-are-spreading-it |access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Glavin |first=Terry |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Terry Glavin: Enter the Freeland-Nazi conspiracy — and the amping-up of Russia's mischief in Canada |work=National Post |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/terry-glavin-enter-the-freeland-nazi-conspiracy-and-the-amping-up-of-russias-mischief-in-canada |url-status=live |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20171006181751/http://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry%2Dglavin%2Denter%2Dthe%2Dfreeland%2Dnazi%2Dconspiracy%2Dand%2Dthe%2Damping%2Dup%2Dof%2Drussias%2Dmischief%2Din%2Dcanada |archive-date=October 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="edmontonjournal">{{Cite news |last=Simons |first=Paula |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Paula Simons: 'School of hate': Was Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's grandfather a Nazi collaborator? |work=Edmonton Journal |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/paula-simons-school-of-hate-was-foreign-affairs-minister-chrystia-freelands-grandfather-a-nazi-collaborator |url-status=live |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609231023/http://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/paula-simons-school-of-hate-was-foreign-affairs-minister-chrystia-freelands-grandfather-a-nazi-collaborator |archive-date=June 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name="citizen">{{Cite news |last=Pugliese |first=David |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Chrystia Freeland's granddad was indeed a Nazi collaborator – so much for Russian disinformation |work=Ottawa Citizen |location=Ottawa |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation |url-status=live |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141531/http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation |archive-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

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Michael Chomiak, born as Mykhailo Khomiak (Ukrainian: Михайло Хом'як; August 12, 1905 – April 16, 1984) was a Ukrainian lawyer and journalist.

Biography

Khomiak was born in 1905 in the village of Stroniatyn, then part of Austria-Hungary. Graduated from gymnasium in Lviv in 1926, followed by a law degree from Jan Kazimierz University in 1930 and a year later a jurisprudence degree from the Academy of Foreign Trade.[1] Until the outbreak of war, he worked as a lawyer in Lviv and Sanok, and as a court correspondent for the Ukrainian-language newspaper Dilo.[1] He was not affiliated with any political party; instead, as a firm believer in Greek Catholicism, he was an ardent supporter of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and the moderate Ukrainian nationalism he advocated.[1]

After the outbreak of war, he left Lviv and settled in Kraków, where in late 1939 he received an apartment previously seized from Jewish owners.[2] The first apartment was on Kommandanturstraße (Stradomska Street), and the next was on Stanislaugasse (St. Stanislaus Street), near the Jewish quarter.[2] Because of his political non-involvement, he became an acceptable candidate for the Germans as editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian newspaper Krakivs'ki Visti, published in Kraków since January 1940. The newspaper was described by historian John-Paul Himka as "vehemently antisemitic." Himka described it as a Nazi propaganda daily, published during World War II in the Ukrainian language with the German financial aid, and with exposure orchestrated by Joseph Goebbels himself. [1] Khomiak became editor in 1940 and held the position until 1945, when the newspaper ceased publication.[1] His deputy was Lev Lepky, brother of the scholar Bohdan Lepky.[3] In fact, the magazine was an organ of the Ukrainian Central Committee, which had a great deal of influence over the published content, primarily on the part of committee chairman Volodymyr Kubiyovych.[4]

Khomiak changed his name to Michael Chomiak when he emigrated to Canada after World War II. After his death in 1984, his son-in-law, John-Paul Himka, accessed his papers, which are now held in the Provincial Archives of Alberta.[5] According to Himka, the anti-Jewish materials published in Krakiws'ki Visti contributed to the mass murder of Jews.[6]

Freeland affair

Khomiak's granddaughter, Chrystia Freeland, was the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs when news about his work began circulating in 2017. Though Chomiak's connection to Nazism was known, the timing of the spread of that information in Western media led to suggestions that it was politically motivated against Freeland, and orchestrated by Russian intelligence, but after the ‘Russian interference’ of the 2016 election, it is likely that Russia is being used as a cover up.[7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Markiewicz 2018, p. 216.
  2. ^ a b Markiewicz 2018, p. 235.
  3. ^ Markiewicz 2018, p. 217.
  4. ^ Markiewicz 2018, p. 218-219.
  5. ^ Robert Fife, Ottawa Bureau Chief (March 7, 2017). "Freeland knew her grandfather was editor of Nazi newspaper". The Globe and Mail.
  6. ^ Himka, John-Paul (2013). Omer Bartov; Eric D. Weitz (eds.). Ethnicity and the Reporting of Mass Murder, in: Shatterzone of Empires: Coexistence and Violence in the German, Habsburg, Russian, and Ottoman Borderlands. Indiana University Press. p. 619. ISBN 978-0253006394.
  7. ^ Cosh, Colby (March 8, 2018). "Colby Cosh: Of course it's 'news' that Freeland's grampa was a Nazi collaborator, even if the Russians are spreading it". National Post. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  8. ^ Glavin, Terry (March 8, 2017). "Terry Glavin: Enter the Freeland-Nazi conspiracy — and the amping-up of Russia's mischief in Canada". National Post. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  9. ^ Simons, Paula (March 8, 2017). "Paula Simons: 'School of hate': Was Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's grandfather a Nazi collaborator?". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on June 9, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  10. ^ Pugliese, David (March 8, 2017). "Chrystia Freeland's granddad was indeed a Nazi collaborator – so much for Russian disinformation". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2018.

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