Freeland's family story is part of a larger story - the movement of many thousands of persons and their families from Ukraine and other countries in the region, to Canada, the USA, Britain and other places as the Second World War was being decided. Many of these people were directly involved with Nazi or fascist infrastructure in these regions, or could be described as collaborators. Many of these persons held strong right-wing views, and created tight-knit cultural organizations in their new countries which over time created a powerful political lobby. Unfortunately, their descendants have expressed highly partisan and emotional reactions to recent events in Ukraine, reaction which has found its way into government policy. I hope these revelations lead to a more rounded and objective view of the context informing what is happening in Ukraine now.