My dear anecdotal mama's maiden name was Polowick, which apparently means "Great Bird", and her anecdotal mama's maiden name was "Hootzel" which apparently means "Great Owl" (Ukrainians maybe have a thing with birds??), and mama's been on the phone to some anecdotal friends in Northern Saskatchewan (Theodore, Sask.) and they don't know what Janke's talking about. So, since my anecdotals are at least as good as Janke's, we can consider this story officially refuted.
...which means the National Post will surely run with it.

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Yeah - MY anecdotal evidence comes from being Ukrainian, and living in one of the Ukrainian'est cities in the country, and today, during our secret Ukrainian anti-Iggy meeting, no one said a thing about this.
Hmmm...
I've been told anecdotally that Janke's uncle perished in Aushchwitz. He fell out of a guard tower.
Jawohl!
Ti-Guy wins the thread.
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