Ukraine's Famine 1932 - 1933
Most people throughout the world are aware of the Holocaust, a genocide perpetrated against European Jews by the Nazis under Adolf Hitler. However, few are aware of the great genocide that occurred in the Soviet Ukraine during the winter of 1932 - 33. Somewhere between 2 and 7.5 million men, women and children died of starvation during a forced famine. This famine was perpetrated by Joseph Stalin and his cronies in Ukraine.
For years news of the famine was downplayed or ignored. Only after some 50 years did the United States government turn its attention to the Ukrainian genocide. In 1983 the Commission on the Ukraine Famine was established by the U.S. Congress. On April 22, 1988, the Commission presented a 523-page report. The conclusions were direct and to the point:
"The victims of the Ukrainian Famine numbered in the millions. The Famine was not, as is often alleged, related to drought. The Ukrainian Famine of 1932 - 1933 was caused by maximum extraction of agricultural produce from the rural population. Stalin knew that people were starving to death in Ukraine by late 1932."
Today, the Ukraine is free and independent. Research on the Famine is continuing. For further information about Ukraine's Famine, Contact "The Chicago Committee to Remember the Great Famine of 1932 - 1933" (708) 448-1350 (United States)