Holodomor

1. Holodomor by: AJ Fernandez & Brandon Lopez

2. Events At this Time • January 28, 1932: Japan attacks Shanghai • February 2, 1932: Al Capone was arrested • February 28, 1932: Hitler obtains a German citizenship • February 29, 1933: Hitler is appointed as Chancellor

3. Genocide Factors • Famine was predicted back in 1930 • No one did anything to prevent it • Debate that it was also due to changes implemented by Soviet industrialization • Gold Blockade • Western countries refused to accept gold from the Soviets

4. Genocide Factors • Collectivization • Policy made by Stalin in 1928-1940 • Consolidated individual land and labor into collective farms • Stalin believed that this would increase farm productivity

5. What is Holodomor? • Holodomor was an “artificial famine” imposed by Stalin’s regime • It was also the premeditated murder of the Ukrainian people • Aside from starvation, many Ukrainian cultural, religious, and intellectual leaders were deported/executed

6. Perpetrator(s) of Holodomor • Stalin • Forced farmers to abide by his policy of collectivization • Introduces class warfare to reduce resistance to his policy • Confiscated Ukrainian land, livestock, and other property • Shipped 1.5 million Ukrainians to remote areas

7. Victims of Holodomor • Victims were the Ukrainian people • About 6-7 million were accounted dead • Estimated that 10-20 million died, but is debated as an exaggeration • The most affected area was Dripropetrovsk Oblast (District) • Suffered from malaria and typhus on top of starvation • The 2nd and 3rd worse oblasts were Odessa and Kiev • Kiev had the highest starvation reports in Mid-March

8. Stages of Genocide • Classification was well established in Soviet Russia even before the Red Army’s coup d’etat • The Ukrainians were easy targets since they considered themselves separate from the Soviets • Resistors were classified as “kulak” • Ukrainians were deemed as traitors by the Soviets

9. Stages of Genocide • Stalin had organized Holodomor by continuously the grain production quota • Stalin also set up blockades on the Ukrainian/Polish border to prevent food from going into Ukraine • To prepare for Holodomor, anyone considered a threat was either deported or executed

10. Stages of Genocide • Stalin exterminated the Ukrainians merely by starving them to death • During Holodomor, denial was prominent • Few foreign journalists were allowed in the Soviet Union • Many countries, including Russia, don’t recognize Holodomor as a genocide

11. World’s Reaction to Holodomor • The US Senate decides to pass H.O.R.’s resolution No. 562 • This authorized the Ukrainian government to erect a memorial to commemorate the victims

12. Works Cited Works Cited • "Genocide Studies and Awareness: Ukrainian Genocide." Genocide Studies and Awareness: Ukrainian Genocide. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 June 2014. • "Historical Events for Year 1932." On This Day in History. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 June 2014. • "Historical Events for Year 1933." On This Day in History. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 June 2014. • "Holodomor Facts and History:." Ukrainian 'Holodomor' (man-made Famine) Facts and History. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 June 2014