Meet Mykola Onyshchenko - a 93-year-old Ukrainian who survived the forced famine of 1932-1933 known as Holodomor. He shared his memories with the Kyiv Post.
my great grandparents survived by cutting the tongue of a cow to stop him from making noise. They hided the cow from Soviet collectors. They milked the cow and used its meat to survive the harsh winter. It was a famine, a man made famine.
a cow's larynx is not in its tongue, and among mammal cattle cows have some of the most resilient vocal cord tissue. I'm sure you're just recalling the story the way that your child mind first heard it
This is such a disgraceful act of genocide that cannot be forgotten nor forgiven. Unbearably overwhelming to know that the entire population of survivers were not allowed to speak.
I believe this gentleman! His dispair is too real! How can people say Ukranian "nationalists" invented holodomor? If wanting your people to live is already nationalist, well, then they are correct. Stay strong, Ukraine!💙💛💙💛💙
My grandmother was Ukrainian. She died before I was born but I always remember my mother telling me how Ukraine was the bread basket of the country. Although my Grandparents were already in America I am sure my grandmother had many family members who died during this genocide. May God have mercy on us. These type of atrocities unfortunately, will never stop until Jesus returns. In the meantime we have to do what we can to represent Him. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I'm afro Caribbean and only recently getting to know about this genocide. It's made me understand why there is so much resistance against Russia in Ukraine. Thank you.
I notice how the video wouldn't let him comment on your German camps, I bet that's cause he would have said that the Germans treated him better than the communist Soviets
My ukrainian Grandfather was prisoner of war in Germany. He had to work for a farmer and enjoyed it (no joke). After comunism failed he adviced my parents to move to Germany, since my mother is German. He promised is that we would have a great life there
What he seems to ignore is that the food was prioritised to the soldiers in the frontline of the war and that, therefore, there was no intention to kill Ukrainians whatsoever. Plus, the number of victims was completely exaggerated. Grover Furr has proven all of this by fact-checking the claims against the primary sources.
“Primary sources” from where? The Soviet Union’s corrupt government? Even if you’re fighting a war, you don’t let your country grow hungry. That’s stupid. And why was it only Ukrainians being starved then? Look at the areas. The places being starved were full of ethnic ukrainians. Kuban, etc.
my great grandparents survived by cutting the tongue of a cow to stop him from making noise. They hided the cow from Soviet collectors. They milked the cow and used its meat to survive the harsh winter. It was a famine, a man made famine.
a cow's larynx is not in its tongue, and among mammal cattle cows have some of the most resilient vocal cord tissue. I'm sure you're just recalling the story the way that your child mind first heard it
😳 How could the cow eat without tongue???
@@louisecorchevolle9241 Tak! The Polish was not very nice with Ukrainians but at least he saved them from Holodomor!
This is such a disgraceful act of genocide that cannot be forgotten nor forgiven. Unbearably overwhelming to know that the entire population of survivers were not allowed to speak.
God bless him. My father witnessed neighbours eating each other...such horror!
Good lord. I'm so sorry your father went through that.
But Walter Duranty and Stalin had plenty to eat. Monsters
I believe this gentleman! His dispair is too real!
How can people say Ukranian "nationalists" invented holodomor? If wanting your people to live is already nationalist, well, then they are correct.
Stay strong, Ukraine!💙💛💙💛💙
A monstrous crime for which nobody was ever punished......
We only need to know one thing-IT REALLY HAPPENED
I guess Russia's textbooks purposely keep this chapter out of their history books on Stalin.
Not only Russian history books. I am French, 55 years old, amd my history books at school were quite communist friendly.
My grandmother was Ukrainian. She died before I was born but I always remember my mother telling me how Ukraine was the bread basket of the country. Although my Grandparents were already in America I am sure my grandmother had many family members who died during this genocide.
May God have mercy on us. These type of atrocities unfortunately, will never stop until Jesus returns. In the meantime we have to do what we can to represent Him. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I'm afro Caribbean and only recently getting to know about this genocide. It's made me understand why there is so much resistance against Russia in Ukraine. Thank you.
I have the feeling that this old witness is speaking Surzhik ( mixture of Ukrainian and Russian )?
@User Djakuju for the information.
so sad! love from cali
@1:47 the world greatly appreciate s Kyiv Post proper usage of the term Labor Camp instead of embellishing and using death camp.
I agree. Good point !
Are you really going to say there weren't death camps?
I notice how the video wouldn't let him comment on your German camps, I bet that's cause he would have said that the Germans treated him better than the communist Soviets
"Let him comment"??? It's not the topic here!
@@Freiya2011 Right! If you spoke about pest, doesn't means that you are hiding cholera.b
My ukrainian Grandfather was prisoner of war in Germany. He had to work for a farmer and enjoyed it (no joke). After comunism failed he adviced my parents to move to Germany, since my mother is German. He promised is that we would have a great life there
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What he seems to ignore is that the food was prioritised to the soldiers in the frontline of the war and that, therefore, there was no intention to kill Ukrainians whatsoever. Plus, the number of victims was completely exaggerated. Grover Furr has proven all of this by fact-checking the claims against the primary sources.
It sounds like there was no intention to kill them, but no concern if they died from starvation if all the food was taken from them either.
“Primary sources” from where? The Soviet Union’s corrupt government? Even if you’re fighting a war, you don’t let your country grow hungry. That’s stupid. And why was it only Ukrainians being starved then? Look at the areas. The places being starved were full of ethnic ukrainians. Kuban, etc.
what you forgot to mention that there was no war in 1932-33
Comunism propanda. Lenin and Stalin were messiahs right?