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Holodomor Through the Eyes of Ukrainian Artists

Examines the impact artists had on preserving the memory of what happened in Ukraine. Pictures can be expanded if opened in a new tab.

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

Resistance

Soviet officials confiscate grain from a peasant household in Ukraine (early 1930s).

Soviet officials confiscate grain from a peasant household in Ukraine (early 1930s).

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: 
  • Informational
  • Primary Source(s): 
  • The Arts (Music, Art)
  • Grade Level(s): 
  • 6-12
  • Audience(s): 
  • Community Member
  • Teacher and Student
  • Discipline(s): 
  • Language Arts
  • Social Studies
  • The Arts