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Michael Chomiak

Michael Chomiak was chief editor of Krakivs'ki Visti (Kraków News) during World War II.1. John-Paul Himka used Chomiak's records for scholarly papers.2.

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Michael Chomiak was chief editor of Krakivs'ki Visti (Kraków News) during World War II.

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“During the war in Nazi-occupied Poland and later in Nazi-occupied Austria , he was chief editor of the Ukrainian daily newspaper Krakivs'ki Visti (Kraków News) for the Nazi regime.”
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John-Paul Himka used Chomiak's records for scholarly papers.

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“After Chomiak's death in 1984, John-Paul Himka , a professor of history at the University of Alberta , who was Chomiak's son-in-law (and also Freeland's uncle by marriage), used Chomiak's records, including old issues of the newspaper, as the basis of several scholarly papers”
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"Chrystia Freeland's grandfather was a Nazi collaborator."
Asserted by Russia Insider · stance: pro
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World War II
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1984
Chomiak's death