Holodomor Survivors Part 2

A few weeks ago we brought you some testimonies for Holodomor Memorial Day this Saturday. Here are a few more, couresty of HolodomorSurvivors.ca:

These interviews are in Ukrainian, but full English translations are available by going to their YouTube pages and clicking ‘more info’.

Viktoria Kaluschny (nee Titarenko)


Explains that many villagers tried to escape central Ukraine to the Donbas. Describes how she and a friend collected scraps of food outside a hospital.
Click here for the YouTube page, and then ‘more info’ for the English translation

Mykhailo Klendukh

Describes his maltreatment at school as the son of a kulak. Describes how grain was being exported in the Crimea during the Famine.

Click here for the YouTube page, and then ‘more info’ for the English translation

Nina Kohut (nee Petrenchuk)

Describes rumors of cannibalism in Odessa, and a search by the NKVD of her parents apartment.

Click here for the YouTube page, and then ‘more info’ for the English translation

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