About Stefan Horlatsch

April 18, 2008 -- Stefan Horlatsch -- a survivor of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide -- will escort the International Holodomor Remembrance Flame across Canada marking the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor. In co-operation with the Ukrainian World Congress, Ukrainian Canadian Congress and Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this torch will travel from Canada to 32 other countries, ending its journey in Ukraine.

• Stefan Horlatsch is a retired teacher from Toronto, Ontario.
• He was born in 1921 in the Zaporizhzhia oblast of eastern Ukraine. He grew up in a family of farmers and small landowners.
• During the Holodomor in Ukraine, Stefan Horlatsch’s family had their land, livestock, and grain forcibly seized by Soviet authorities.
• 11 members of his family perished during the Holodomor.
• Stefan Horlatsch has dedicated his life to promoting the cause of freedom.
• In 1991, to celebrate Ukraine’s Declaration of Independence, Stefan Horlatsch led a “Walk for Freedom” across Ukraine, covering over 4,500 kilometres.
• As past president of Canadian Friends of Ukraine, Stefan Horlatsch has participated in the opening of numerous Canadian libraries in 14 cities across Ukraine.
• Stefan Horlatsch is the author of six books, and was recently inducted as an Honorary Member of the Ukrainian Writers Union.

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