Documenting the Famine of 1932–33 in Ukraine

Description

This collection of articles breaks new ground in Holodomor scholarship, presenting archival sources that in many cases are little known or completely unexplored. The articles are organized in four sections: new explorations of archival collections; responses of Western governments to events in Ukraine in 1932-33; the international response to the Famine; and perspectives for future exploration. Researchers share their knowledge of the archives of foreign affairs ministries in countries that maintained diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in the 1930s, including Japan and the United States. Other researchers report on the archives of immigrant and diaspora communities that emigrated from Soviet Ukraine to Western Europe and North America. The Ukrainian, Jewish, and Mennonite communities in particular maintained contact with individuals in Soviet Ukraine, and surviving materials cast new light on the events of 1932–33. A number of articles describe newspaper coverage in France, Canada, and the United States, and several explore overlooked collections of oral interviews. The volume builds upon and augments research already accomplished and indicates promising future avenues of investigation.

This book, edited by Myroslav Shkandrij, includes the following articles:

Collectivization and Famine in Ukraine in US Department of State Documents, 1929–34 / Andrii BOLIANOVSKYI

Representations of the 1932–33 Ukrainian Famine in the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive / Inna GOGINA

Toward a Social History of the Holodomor and its Aftermath: Famine Survivor Testimonies in the Archive of the US Commission on the Ukraine Famine / John VSETECKA

History as a Narrative of the People: The Maniak Collection as a Source for the Social and Cultural History of the Holodomor / Olga KLYMENKO

The Holodomor in the Light of Japanese Documents / Hiroaki KUROMIYA

Perspectives on the Mennonite Experience during the Holodomor (1932–33): Resources in North American Archives and Libraries / Colin P. NEUFELDT

Bearing Witness to the Holodomor: Eyewitness and Survivor Collections of the Early Cold War Period (1947–55)/ Olga ANDRIEWSKY

The Holodomor and Canada’s Response: Archival Findings / Serge CIPKO

‘A Trial of Strength against the Restive Peasantry’: What the Germans Knew about the Great Famine in the USSR and How They Perceived It / Paolo FONZI

The Voyage Enchanté of Édouard Herriot in Ukraine / Iryna DMYTRYCHYN

The American Yiddish Daily Forverts on Privation in Soviet Ukraine: Experiences and Reflections / Gennady ESTRAIKH

The Holodomor and the Informational Work of the Ukrainian Bureau in London during 1932–34/ Roman WYSOCKI

The Ukrainian Famine of 1932–33 in the Russian Émigré Discourse of the Interwar Period / Mykola I. SOROKA

The Meaning of the Holodomor of 1932–33: From Collective Reproduction to Individual Reconstruction of Mental Trauma / Larysa ZASIEKINA

Reactions to the 1932–33 Holodomor by Ukrainians in Interwar Europe: New Discoveries and Sources / Mirosław CZECH, Ola HNATIUK