Holodomor (wikipedia) is the name given to the genocide by hunger (holod) of the Ukrainian people that happened in 1931-32. Documents show how Kremlin authorities consciously weaponized hunger and food, in order to repress both nationalist feelings in Ukraine as well as the opposition to communist theft of land and the communist system as a whole. The main responsible person was the Soviet leader of the late 1920s and 1930s – Stalin.
During the Soviet times the holdomor was not acknowledged.
In 2023 the Russia state organization and representations still have not found an adeaquate way to respond to the agency of their ancestors. Russians have various ways to deny the responsibility for these criminal actions and no-one was ever charged in connection with this. In the past a Russian president has come to a commemoration and grieving ceremony, but today the official Russian state position has shifted back to denial. In Mariupol Russian occupiers destroyed a memorial monument for the holodomor, while at the same time new commeration statues for Stalin are being placed all over the territory of Russia.
Ukrainian compassionate psychological approach to transgenerational trauma
Especially see:
How a victim sides with and become loyal to the aggressor – an attempt at better understanding of the other to increase chances of survival?
International recognition of the holodomor
Due to the cover-up that happened during Soviet times, as well as the looking-the-other-was of Western nations, the memory of the holodomor has been repressed and only gradually has become know to the wider world. In her monograph “Red Hunger” Anne Applebaum gives a full picture of the historical background, the political situation at the time, as well as of the reception of this monumental war crime.
By 2023 dozens of countries recognizes this terrible state crime, that led to the deaths of millions.
Film on the Holodmor
This is only a pointer to a commercial film on one of the biggest tragedies in the 20th century.
