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Chrystia Freeland's Gramps and the Waffen-SS

The Nazi rag Michael Chomiak oversaw recruited for the very organization Yaroslav Hunka volunteered for — a connection that's unlikely lost on the deputy PM.

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Sep 29, 2023
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A 1941 issue of Krakivski Visti, the Nazi newspaper that Michael Chomiak edited and would later actively recruit for the Galicia Division of the Waffen-SS. (Internet Archive)

Now that Canadian Parliament has ignited an international conversation about the dark side of Ukrainian nationalism by giving a standing ovation to Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka,…

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