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Ukrainian American Coordinating Committee (UACC)
Famine Memorial Center Fund
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The Ukrainian Weekly
Ukrainian National Association
Parsippany, New Jersey
Sunday, February 2, 2003, Page Six
Recently several articles have appeared in the press concerning the
need in Kyiv for a national museum-research center dedicated to the
memory of the victims of the 1932-1933 Famine in Ukraine. They
were: Roman Baranowskyj's "Concerning the Issue of Memorials and
Museums" in Narodna Vola on November 21, 2002; Eugene Stakhiv's
"The Time Has Come to Open A Famine Museum" in Svoboda on
November 22, 2002; and Rostyslav Chomiak's Famine Memorial in
Kyiv" in Svoboda on November 29, 2002.
In their articles, the authors emphasized the need in the Ukrainian
capital for the establishment of a scholarly research center that would
house primary source documents, scholarly writings, the testimony
of eyewitnesses to the Famine and pertinent materials from
congressional committees from the U.S. Congress.
Historians, researchers and students could avail themselves of the
materials in such a museum-research center to trace and to publish
works concerning the truth about this horrific episode in Ukrainian
history. Subsequently, the idea of such a museum-research center
was also very convincingly supported by an editorial in The
Ukrainian Weekly on December 8, 2002.
With this in mind, the Ukrainian American Coordinating
Council, together with the Ukrainian World Coordinating Council
in Kyiv, is undertaking the initial steps necessary to secure a location
worthy of such a museum-research center. For this purpose, the
Ukrainian American Coordinating Council is now establishing a
fund drive. We are herewith turning to you with an urgent appeal
to donate whatever you can to this vital project. Toward this end,
the Baranowskyjs, Roman and Stefamia, have provided an initial
donation of $ 1,000.00.
We hope that you will share our sense of the historic importance
of this project. To donate funds, please make out your donations
to "UACC Famine Memorial Center Fund" and send them to:
Ukrainian American Coordinating Council, 142 Second Ave,
New York, NY 10003. Your donations are tax-deductible.
FOR THE UACC PRESIDIUM:
Ihor Gawdiak, President
Dr. Roman Baranowsky, Secretary
The Ukrainian Weekly, Roma Hadzewycz, Editor-in-chief,
Parsippany, N.J.; Weekly Archive, www.ukrweekly.com
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