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Share the Story: Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Holodomor

80 first person accounts of the Ukrainian genocide.

The Ukrainian Genocide

Refugees try to escape the Ukraine flood by hopping onto a train. Some cling to the roof to get out. Ukraine, USSR. 1933.

Refugees try to escape the Ukraine flood by hopping onto a train. Some cling to the roof to get out. Ukraine, USSR. 1933.

International Response

Photo by Thomas Walker in Chicago American, reporting people eating cats and dogs to survive in Soviet Ukraine, 1935

Photo by Thomas Walker in Chicago American, reporting people eating cats and dogs to survive in Soviet Ukraine, 1935

Remembrance

Field of Wheat - Washington memorial to victims of genocidal famine in Ukraine

Field of Wheat - Washington memorial to victims of genocidal famine in Ukraine

Survival

Starving children circa 1932 during the Holodomor, famine induced by Soviet forced collectivization

Starving children circa 1932 during the Holodomor, famine induced by Soviet forced collectivization

About this Resource:

Type(s) of Resources: 
  • Classroom Resources
  • Videos (Film)
  • Primary Source(s): 
  • First Person Accounts
  • Grade Level(s): 
  • 6-12
  • Audience(s): 
  • Community Member
  • Teacher and Student
  • Discipline(s): 
  • Language Arts
  • Social Studies