by: AJ Fernandez & Brandon Lopez Holodomor by: AJ Fernandez & Brandon Lopez

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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