even if the Russians are spreading it
Chrystia Freeland’s long-dead grandfather is the talk of the town today. And since it is 2017, most of the talk is about whether we are allowed to talk about him. On Monday, Freeland, the foreign affairs minister, warned Canadians of “efforts on the Russian side to destabilize Western democracies” while Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale talked of “Russian disinformation tactics.” It turned out that Putinist news gremlins had been circulating a crazy story about Freeland’s grandpa, Michael Chomiak, being a Nazi collaborator in Poland during the Second World War.
It also turned out that the crazy story is true — it is not “disinformation,” just information that has not been in the newspapers until now. When Chomiak died in 1984, his personal papers turned out to include copies of a Ukrainian-language newspaper he had edited, Krakivs’ki Visti, as well as its records and correspondence. The name means “Krakow News”: the paper was based in occupied Poland, and circulated with German approval and sponsorship among ethnic Ukrainians living under the cruel “Generalgouvernement” of Hans Frank.
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Colby Cosh: Of course it’s ‘news’ that Freeland’s grampa was a Nazi collaborator, even if the Russians are spreading it | National Post
This is probably a bad time to remind everyone that our Prime Minister was raised by a Communist.
Chrystia Freeland’s long-dead grandfather is the talk of the town today. And since it is 2017, most of the talk is about whether we are allowed to talk about him. On Monday, Freeland, the foreign affairs minister, warned Canadians of “efforts on the Russian side to destabilize Western democracies” while Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale talked of “Russian disinformation tactics.” It turned out that Putinist news gremlins had been circulating a crazy story about Freeland’s grandpa, Michael Chomiak, being a Nazi collaborator in Poland during the Second World War.
It also turned out that the crazy story is true — it is not “disinformation,” just information that has not been in the newspapers until now. When Chomiak died in 1984, his personal papers turned out to include copies of a Ukrainian-language newspaper he had edited, Krakivs’ki Visti, as well as its records and correspondence. The name means “Krakow News”: the paper was based in occupied Poland, and circulated with German approval and sponsorship among ethnic Ukrainians living under the cruel “Generalgouvernement” of Hans Frank.
more
Colby Cosh: Of course it’s ‘news’ that Freeland’s grampa was a Nazi collaborator, even if the Russians are spreading it | National Post
This is probably a bad time to remind everyone that our Prime Minister was raised by a Communist.
