jjares reviewed The Holodomor: The History and Legacy of the Ukrainian Famine Engineered by the Soviet Union on + 3270 more book reviews
Why historians study Stalin's action against his Ukrainian citizens, is because a growing number consider the preventable deaths of 25% of the Ukrainian population to have been genocide in the years between 1932-33. I personally found the story hard to read because of the craven disregard for life. The story even discusses the unbelievable proof of cannibalism (and the thousands who were shot for killing and eating other human beings). Tender-hearted people may be shattered by what they read on these pages.
I hope there is a special place for Stalin for creating an artificial famine to decimate the Ukrainian farmers. This book is a very clear lesson on communism; starving their people to make money worldwide selling food their people needed to survive. This is an appalling narrative but one we must read about and remember. The only way to stop genocide is to call it what it is and call out those who perpetrate it on people they victimize.
I hope there is a special place for Stalin for creating an artificial famine to decimate the Ukrainian farmers. This book is a very clear lesson on communism; starving their people to make money worldwide selling food their people needed to survive. This is an appalling narrative but one we must read about and remember. The only way to stop genocide is to call it what it is and call out those who perpetrate it on people they victimize.
