Michael Chomiak

Ukrainian lawyer, journalist and social activist, who edited Krakivs'ki Visti, а Ukrainian-language newspaper published under Nazi occupation from 1940 to 1945

Michael Chomiak (Ukrainian: Михайло Хом'як, romanized: Mykhailo Khomiak; August 12, 1905 – April 16, 1984) was a Ukrainian lawyer, journalist, and community activist who contributed to and edited several newspapers, including Dilo (lit. 'Deed'), the largest Western Ukrainian daily during the interwar period. From 1940 to 1945, he served as chief editor of Krakivs'ki Visti (lit. 'Kraków News'), the leading German-controlled and censored Ukrainian-language publication in the General Government, a role for which he has been described as a Nazi col...