Memorial to the Victims of the Ukrainian Famine - Somerset, NJ - Disaster Memorials on Waymarking.com

Inscribed in Ukrainian and English, this Memorial's English portion reads:

"IN MEMORY
OF THE MILLIONS OF WOMEN
AND CHILDREN VICTIMS OF
GENOCIDE WHO DIED DURING
THE FAMINE OF 1932-1933
IN UKRAINE"

This famine was man-made...and is referred to as the "Holodomor". Estimates vary from 1.8 to 12 million victims.

Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"Scholars disagree on the relative importance of natural factors and bad economic policies as causes of the famine and the degree to which the destruction of the Ukrainian peasantry was premeditated on the part of Stalin. Scholars and politicians using the word Holodomor emphasize the man-made aspects of the famine, arguing that it was genocide; some consider the resultant loss of life comparable to the Holocaust. They argue that the Soviet policies were an attack on the rise of Ukrainian nationalism and therefore fall under the legal definition of genocide.

Others claim that the Holodomor was a consequence of the economic problems associated with radical economic changes implemented during the period of Soviet industrialization."

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Disaster Date: 01/01/1932 Memorial Sponsors: St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Memorial Church Disaster Type: Sociological Relevant Website: [Web Link] Date of dedication: Not listed Parking Coordinates: Not Listed

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