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Why Chrystia Freeland's Nazi Grandfather Matters
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Why Chrystia Freeland's Nazi Grandfather Matters

Peter McFarlane wrote "Family Ties: How a Ukrainian Nazi and a living witness link Canada to Ukraine today," which exposes the full extent of Michael Chomiak's Nazi sympathies.

When Chrystia Freeland’s grandfather, whom she’s repeatedly cited as a political influence, was outed as a Nazi collaborator to Canadian media in 2017, much ink was spilled defending his wartime activities as an act of sheer survival.

A new book reveals that narrative to be totally bunk.

Mikhaylo Chomiak, Freeland’s maternal grandfather, edited Krakivsk…

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