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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)

HOLODOMOR BRIEF FACTS