[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ukraine's Holodomor recalled

[Joanne Johnson]

Nelson,
Do you mean 1932 and 1933? I don't think Josef Stalin was born yet in 1832.
Joanne Redmann Johnson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nelson Itterman" <colnels at telus.net>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 9:38 PM
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ukraine's Holodomor recalled


> Hello friends:
>
> It is apparently the 75 Anniversary of the famine imposed by Soviet 
> Dictator
> Josef Stalin between 1832 and 1833 on the people of the Ukraine. As many 
> as
> 10 million Ukrainians died of starvation. Many of our ancestors also 
> starved
> in the Ukraine at that time.
>
> I visited the Ukraine on a pilgrimage with Don Miller, to see the place
> where I was born. When we landed in Kiev a tour had been arranged with a
> professional tour guide. I was amazed at the large and numerous memorials 
> of
> the victorious Russian Army in World War 2. I specifically asked the tour
> guide is there were any memorials for the people that died in the famine.
> She said yes, we were coming to it. There was just a small area on a wall 
> of
> a building that was the memorial.
>
> Many Ukrainians believe Stalin forced the Holodomor, which means "death by
> starvation" to quash Ukrainian independence from Russian Control.
>
> The Ukraine declared Independence in 1991. The Russians withdrew from the
> Ukraine and took all, I mean all, the farming equipment that was being 
> used
> in the collective farming operation. When I was there  in 2003 there was
> very little land that was cultivated. The only land that I saw being
> cultivated were the little garden plots behind the homes of the people. 
> When
> my family was there the Ukraine apparently was the bread basket of Russia.
>
> I mourn for the Ukrainian people and the suffering they endured during the
> occupation of their country. In November 2006, the Ukrainian parliament
> passed a law recognizing Holodomor as an act of genocide. Daria Luciw,
> president of the Ukrainian Canadian  Congress Alberta Provincial Council,
> said there are many people in the world not fully aware of the Holodomor.
> "It's important to raise awareness so that such a travesty never happens 
> in
> the Ukraine or any part of the whole world again".
>
> I agree whole heartedly, and encourage everyone to help in publicize this
> event
>
>
>
> Nelson
>
>
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