Holodomor -- Ukrainian Famine-Genocide 1932-33
"We in Canada are bonded to this dark chapter in human history
by more than a million Canadians of Ukrainian descent, many of whom
lost loved ones in the Holodomor. And so, all Canadians join us
in commemorating this 75th anniversary of the terrible famine of
1932-33. Because what was done to the Ukrainian people was a mortal
offence against the values we hold dearest; freedom, democracy,
human rights and the rule of law."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
National Holodomor Commemoration Ceremony
Ottawa, November 28, 2007
"This year marks the 75th anniversary of one of the darkest
chapters in human history. Holodomor, or "murder by hunger",
was a famine brought on not by drought or war or careless farming
practices. It was the intended result of a shameful political policy.
Using food as a weapon, Stalin and his Soviet regime hoped to break
the independent spirit of Ukrainian farmers resisting the forced
collectivization of their lands."
Rt. Hon. Stephane Dion, Leader of the Opposition
National Holodomor Commemoration Ceremony
Ottawa, November 28, 2007
"Almost single-handedly did Duranty aid and abet one of the
world's most prolific mass murderers, knowing all the while what
was going on but refraining from saying precisely what he knew to
be true. He had swallowed the ends-justifies-the-means-argument
hook, line and sinker. When Stalin's atrocities were brought to
light, Duranty loved to repeat ‘you can't make an omelet without
breaking a few eggs.' Those few "eggs" were the heads
of men, women and children, and those "few" were merely
tens of millions."
Mark Y. Herring - Review of S. J. Taylor's
Stalin's Apologist: Walter Duranty, the New York Times Man
in Moscow, "Contra Mundum" No. 15
"I remain convinced that for Stalin to have complete centralized
power in his hands, he found it necessary to physically destroy
the second-largest Soviet republic, meaning the annihilation of
the Ukrainian peasantry, Ukrainian intelligentsia, Ukrainian language,
and history as understood by the people; to do away with Ukraine
and things Ukrainian as such. The calculation was very simple, very
primitive: no people, therefore, no separate country, and thus no
problem. Such a policy is Genocide in the classic sense of the word."
James Mace
Holodomor Scholar (USA)
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