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Celebrating 37 Years of Ukrainian Splendor
July 2, 3, 4, 2010
HOLODOMOR 1932-1933 REMEMBER
Genocide
The struggle by Ukrainians in the world to have the HOLODOMOR of 1932/33 recognized as GENOCIDE goes on.
On the 50th anniversary of HOLODOMOR in Ukraine, the Albertans of Ukrainian origin erected in front of the City Hall in Edmonton the first monument in the world, commemorating the 7-10 million of people, men, women, and children, (the exact number of victims will never be known), and who perished during it, artificially organized by Stalin and his communist Russian regime. Since that time, such monuments have sprung up all over the world, wherever Ukrainians live, including independent Ukraine. In Canada, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba, as well the Federal Government, have officially recognized HOLODOMOR as Genocide. Not only that; besides Ukraine, some 30 other countries have since that time recognized HOLODOMOR genocide against the Ukrainian people. The United Nations consider it only as the greatest national tragedy so far, while Russia, the perpetrator of it, vehemently denies it completely.
There are numerous disasters constantly facing humanity, such as droughts, fires, floods, earthquakes, or diseases such as aids, cancer and swine flu, but they are natural. As is climate change and pollution mostly. They just cannot be stopped by people from happening. But, on the other hand, there are things that people can control, can prevent, especially wars and genocides. Of course, the inhumanities of people’ against other peoples, usually minorities, for many various reasons, as well as the wars, are as old as time. Who has not heard by now about the Turkish genocide against the Armenians, or the Jewish holocaust? Who can ever forget the wars in the 20th Century, especially the bloody competition between Hitler’s Nazi Germany and Stalin’s communist Russia for the conquest of the free world during the 2nd world war – that took over 50 million lives?
And who does not remember the genocide of Tutsis and the hands of Hutus that took over 800,000 lives, or know what is going on now in Afghanistan, in the struggle with the Taliban, or genocide that is going on in Sudan? All these things could have been, in the past, or can now – be stopped, were it not for human inhumanity against other humans, greed for material wealth or lands, or power etc? Can we never learn that wars do not solve anything? And that genocide usually calls for vengeance and retribution? After many centuries under the domination of neighbours, Ukraine is finally free and independent. “The greatest miracle of the 20th Century”, according to Brezezinsky.
Let us hope, Russia comes to its senses, apologises for its GENOCIDE AND ALL OTHER ATROCITIES against Ukraine, and Ukraine FORGIVES HER, BUT DOES NOT FORGET. AS SUCH THINGS SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
Peter Savaryn
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