The Ukrainian Genocide/Famine of 1932-1933 (also known as "Holodomor") is one of the worst tragedies of the 20th century, as well as one of the least known.
75 years of silence is enough!
Child victims of Famine 1933 (Poltava, Ukraine)
It is time to make the world aware of this atrocity!
Let us stand up for human rights and honor the memory of the 10,000,000 innocent victims who perished during Holodomor, an atrocity that U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of NY has called
“the Ukrainian Holocaust”.
“The Ukrainian Holodomor is among the least known genocides of the 20th century. The truth needs to be told. I stand with and support Ukrainian-Americans throughout the State of Connecticut in bringing recognition to this human tragedy which took place 75 years ago.”
Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell
“The death of millions of Ukrainians because of starvation imposed by Joseph Stalin is a crime against humanity. It is long past time for this tragedy to be fully recognized and as we mark the 75th anniversary of this atrocity, I can think of no better way to honor the lives of these men and women than for countries around the globe to recognize this tragedy. I commend the Connecticut Committee for the Commemoration of the Holodomor/Genocide for their efforts to bring attention to this issue.”
Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro
“The Holodomor Genocide sacrificed the lives of untold millions of ethnic Ukrainians... The world needs to hear your account of that time, because it is your words that will inspire others to be ever mindful of what was, and to be ever vigilant against the forces of oppression that are still with us on this earth. My father, Senator Thomas Dodd, was one of the lead prosecutors at the Nuremberg Trials. He taught me at a very young age, the danger of sitting idly by while innocent people suffer. Let us use this opportunity to reaffirm our determination to speak out against discrimination and oppression wherever they exist...”
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd, a sponsor of the U.S. Senate resolution 202 recognizing Holodomor as Genocide
The world must learn of this tragedy. As long as this man-made famine remains unknown, other nations and ethnic groups will remain vulnerable to similar acts of genocide.
The Connecticut Committee for the Commemoration of the Ukrainian Holodomor appeals to the entire Ukrainian Community and friends to join us on May 17th in Hartford, CT. for a Solemn Observance of the 75th Anniversary of the Holodomor in Ukraine.
"What I saw that morning ... was inexpressibly horrible. On a battlefield men die quickly, they fight back ... Here I saw people dying in solitude by slow degrees, dying hideously, without the excuse of sacrifice for a cause. They had been trapped and left to starve, each in his own home, by a political decision made in a far-off capital around conference and banquet tables. There was not even the consolation of inevitability to relieve the horror."
Victor Kravchenko*
*Victor Kravchenko was a Soviet defector who wrote up his experiences of life in the Soviet Union and as a Soviet official, especially in his 1946 book "I Chose Freedom". "I Chose Freedom" containing extensive revelations on collectivization, Soviet prison camps and the use of slave labor came at a time of growing tension between the Warsaw Pact nations and the West. His death from bullet wounds in his apartment remains unclarified, though it was officially ruled a suicide. His son Andrew continues to believe he was the victim of a KGB execution.