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Genocide

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HOLODOMOR GENOCIDE

SOVIET UNION TO UKRAINIANS

NUMBERS

  • 1932-1933
  • 2.4 to 7.5 million
  • 176,200 and 325,000
  • 25
total death
tons of grain

"class warfare"
"dekulakization" policies

JUNE 1933 rate of 30,000 per day

UKRAINIA: DEATH BY FORCED STARVATION
Vs.
SOVIET UNION: NO DEATHS FROM STARVATION BUT MORTALITY FROM DISEASES

Still Russian government denied the genocide
The Soviet Union adamantly refused any outside assistance because the regime officially denied that there was any famine. Anyone claiming the contrary was accused of spreading anti-Soviet propaganda.

State's relief: send back a small part of grain
Not enough

WHAT COULD PEOPLE DO BACK THEN?

  • Use media to raise public attention
  • hide as much grain as possible
use

WHAT CAN WE DO NOW?

  • Increase the storage of grains
  • Never believe in total equality
  • Raise public's awareness
  • Be well-educated
  • Find a way of resistence