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Book Compiled and Edited by the
Editors of The Ukrainian Weekly
Published by the Ukrainian National Association
Jersey City, N J., 1983
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Editors' note
In 1932-33, an estimated 7 million Ukrainian died of starvation
during a terrible famine that ravaged Soviet-occupied Ukraine. But,
unlike other famines, those caused by drought, pestilence and other
natural factors, this one was the desired by-product of a deliberate
political policy. In an effort to break the will of a nationally conscious
Ukrainian peasantry and to finance rapid industrialization, the Soviet
regime under Stalin ordered the expropriation of all foodstuffs and
grain in the hands of the rural population. The result was a holocaust
of almost unthinkable dimensions--mass murder by decree.
This year, the 50th anniversary, of this largely unknown tragedy, we,
the editors of The Ukrainian Weekly, ironically, was born the same year
millions died in Ukraine, have compiled this commemorative book as a
public service. We dedicate it to the millions of famine victims.
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In addition to providing information about the famine, the horrific
history on these pages and eyewitness' stories of cruelty, murder and
privation also shed light on the nature of the Soviet system. In view of
such events as the downing of the South Korean airliner, the invasion
of Afghanistan and the machinations in Poland, as well as the continued
persecution of non-Russian nations within the USSR, the story of the
Great Famine in Ukraine does much to illuminate the essential inhumanity
and cynicism that has characterized Soviet rule for the last 66 years, and
marks it to this day.
The editors:
Roma Hadzewycz
George B. Zarydky
Marta Kolomayets
CONTENTS
DR. OMLJAN PRITSAK
Forward
DR. JAMES E. MACE
The man-made famine of 1932-33: what happened and why
DR. MYRON B. KUROPAS
America's "Red Decade" and the Great Famine cover up
MARCO CARYNNYK
Malcolm Muggeridge on Stalin's famine: "deliberate" and
"diabolical" starvation
EYEWITNESS RECOLLECTIONS
Survivors' accounts
Press accounts
DISSIDENTS ON THE FAMINE
Leonid Plyusch
Petro Grigorenko
Ukrainian Herald
Printed by: Svoboda Press, 30 Montgomery St.
Jersey City, N.J. 07302
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