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German lawmakers want to declare 1930s Ukraine famine a genocide
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/german-foreign-minister-welcomes-efforts-114959221.htmlGerman lawmakers want to declare 1930s Ukraine famine a genocide
Fri, 25 November 2022 at 6:49 am·1-min read
BERLIN (Reuters) -Lawmakers from Germany's ruling coalition and opposition want to declare the Holodomor, the death by starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33 under Soviet leader Josef Stalin, a genocide, according to a draft motion seen by Reuters.
The draft describes the Soviet leadership's attempts to control and suppress farmers as well as Ukrainian culture and language through hunger and repression. This "from today's perspective, suggests a historical-political classification as genocide. The German Bundestag agrees with this classification".
According to German media reports, the draft will be debated and passed in the Bundestag lower house of parliament next week.
Romania, Ireland and Moldova are among the countries that have already declared the Holodomor to be a genocide.
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Fri, 25 November 2022 at 6:49 am·1-min read
BERLIN (Reuters) -Lawmakers from Germany's ruling coalition and opposition want to declare the Holodomor, the death by starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33 under Soviet leader Josef Stalin, a genocide, according to a draft motion seen by Reuters.
The draft describes the Soviet leadership's attempts to control and suppress farmers as well as Ukrainian culture and language through hunger and repression. This "from today's perspective, suggests a historical-political classification as genocide. The German Bundestag agrees with this classification".
According to German media reports, the draft will be debated and passed in the Bundestag lower house of parliament next week.
Romania, Ireland and Moldova are among the countries that have already declared the Holodomor to be a genocide.
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