In Memory of the Victims: Genocide in Ukraine 1932-1933. Commemorative evening Fri Nov 1, 2013 7pm

Oct. 16, 2013 - PRLog -- In Memory of the Victims: Genocide in Ukraine 1932-1933.

Commemorative evening  Friday November 1, 2013 at 7 pm.

Exhibit at the Ukrainian National Museum commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Holodomor: 1932-1933.

Exhibit October through November 2013.

This year marks the 80^th anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide Famine - Holodomor . The Ukrainian National Museum continues to publicize this crime against humanity by including, in this current exhibit, artifacts from the museum’s permanent collection. On display are original oil paintings dedicated to the Holodomor, works from “Holodomor: Through The Eyes of Ukrainian Artists” collection, Trustee: Morgan Williams, and timeline of famine events, witness accounts, and statistical information detailing the effects of this devastating chapter of Stalin’s reign of terror.

In 1932 and 1933, in a country historically known as the “breadbasket of Europe” with its fertile black earth and golden wheat, between seven and 10 million Ukrainians were intentionally starved to death by deliberate Soviet national policy. In August, 1932 the Soviet regime set grain delivery requirements for the farms so far in excess of the region’s capacity to deliver that, in doing so, the government of the Soviet Union indirectly sentenced the peasantry to death by starvation. As a result, by the beginning of winter 1932 all of the grain, including seed grain, had been seized and the peasants were forced to live on nettles and leaves. By spring 1933, there was no food left, the Ukrainian peasantry was starving and the death toll had reached upwards of an estimated 10 million.

Masterminded by Joseph Stalin and his inner circle, these terrible acts were carried out by Soviets who confiscated every last bit of food from Ukrainian peasants who were resistant to collective farming, and who represented the backbone of the Ukrainian people. This terrible chapter of Stalin’s campaign of terror wiped out one quarter of the peasantry—and later included the intelligentsia and other leaders of Ukrainian society who were shot and exiled by the hundreds of thousands in an attempt to destroy the Ukrainian nation.

The Holodomor is considered by many to be one of the most horrific events of the 20th century due to the speed with which it wiped out an entire generation.

The Ukrainian National Museum is located in the heart of the Ukrainian Village, at 2249 West Superior Street in Chicago. Hours: Thursday through Sunday, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm  Admission: Adults $5.00, Children under 12 - Free.

Free Parking is available beside the Museum. For driving instructions, visit the Museum's website at www.ukrainiannationalmuseum.org. For additional information, please call (312) 421-8020 or e-mail info@UkrainianNationalMuseum.org (http://mail.ukrainiannationalmuseum.org/edgedesk/cgi-bin/...)