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The Holodomor, which means "murder by starvation"
Last edited Sun Nov 24, 2024, 08:29 PM - Edit history (1)
Yesterday was the remembrance of Stalin's attempt to destroy the nation of Ukraine
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At the entrance to Kyiv's memorial park, a haunting sculpture depicts a very thin girl with a very sad look and a handful of wheat. Behind her stands a giant Candle of Remembrance of the Holodomor, a man-made famine that killed millions of Ukrainians.
In the aftermath of World War I, Ukraine was independent. However, in 1919, the Soviet Union forcibly annexed the nation. Ukrainians, yearning for self-determination, were seen as a threat to Moscow's imperial ambitions.
In 1932, not wanting to lose control of Europe's main source of grain, Stalin confiscated the grain-producing land from Ukrainian peasants and took all the grain, creating an artificial famine. The goal was to "teach Ukrainians a lesson" so they would no longer oppose Moscow. The people who produced the most grain in Europe were left without a crumb of bread.
The height of this horrific event was in the spring of 1933, when millions of Ukrainians perished from hunger.
My late grandfather was a child, only 9, during the Holodomor. He recounted witnessing people starving to death in the streets, or just collapsing, their bodies eventually collected and disposed of in mass graves. Both dead and those still dying. In rare moments when he'd open up about it, it was very clear that the event deeply scarred him for life.
To conceal the extent of the genocide, Stalin's regime erased evidence, executed census takers, and resettled russian populations in Ukrainian villages. For decades, the Holodomor remained a silenced history, buried beneath layers of Soviet propaganda.
The Holodomor at that time broke the Ukrainian resistance, but it made the desire for Ukraine's independence eternal, forever imprinting it in our DNA.
As russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine continues, the specter of the Holodomor looms large. Every fourth Saturday of November, we light a candle to remember the victims of the Holodomor. This year, I ask you to light a candle with us and share information about the bloody genocide of the Ukrainian people that is happening yet again.
In the aftermath of World War I, Ukraine was independent. However, in 1919, the Soviet Union forcibly annexed the nation. Ukrainians, yearning for self-determination, were seen as a threat to Moscow's imperial ambitions.
In 1932, not wanting to lose control of Europe's main source of grain, Stalin confiscated the grain-producing land from Ukrainian peasants and took all the grain, creating an artificial famine. The goal was to "teach Ukrainians a lesson" so they would no longer oppose Moscow. The people who produced the most grain in Europe were left without a crumb of bread.
The height of this horrific event was in the spring of 1933, when millions of Ukrainians perished from hunger.
My late grandfather was a child, only 9, during the Holodomor. He recounted witnessing people starving to death in the streets, or just collapsing, their bodies eventually collected and disposed of in mass graves. Both dead and those still dying. In rare moments when he'd open up about it, it was very clear that the event deeply scarred him for life.
To conceal the extent of the genocide, Stalin's regime erased evidence, executed census takers, and resettled russian populations in Ukrainian villages. For decades, the Holodomor remained a silenced history, buried beneath layers of Soviet propaganda.
The Holodomor at that time broke the Ukrainian resistance, but it made the desire for Ukraine's independence eternal, forever imprinting it in our DNA.
As russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine continues, the specter of the Holodomor looms large. Every fourth Saturday of November, we light a candle to remember the victims of the Holodomor. This year, I ask you to light a candle with us and share information about the bloody genocide of the Ukrainian people that is happening yet again.
America needs to know about starvation as war strategy by criminal state leaders. As Cheney famously learned from history and said, "Food is a weapon."
Soviet and Nazi alternatives to democracy depended on their rejecting simple land reform or ownership. Nazis and Soviets baited peasants with the illusion of land reform, but actually had far more radical plans. They both wanted Ukraine's food but Ukraine was more than a source of food. It was the place that would let them both break the rules of traditional economics, rescue Germany & Russia from poverty and remake the European continent in their own image.
Ukrainians would die in the millions, in the greatest artificial famine in the history of the world. During the years of Hitler and Stalin, more people were killed by starvation than anywhere else in the bloodlands, Europe, or in the world.
Ukrainians would die in the millions, in the greatest artificial famine in the history of the world. During the years of Hitler and Stalin, more people were killed by starvation than anywhere else in the bloodlands, Europe, or in the world.
This book is a mustmust read about Ukraine and Russia. It explains what drives today's Ukrainians to fight Russia with all their heart, soul, mind and strength. And why we must find ways to help Ukraine, even if we donate through other NATO nations to help them. (sorry the photo's so big, couldn't find anything smaller)
