Stalin’s Cover Up of the Ukrainian Genocide: The Holodomor, 1932-1933

In this era of disinformation and denial, truth seekers are challenged at every juncture to discover authentic and documented facts. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the opening of their archives revealed a wealth of proof of orders given by Stalin and his regime to confiscate all of the foodstuffs from parts of Ukraine. Stalin’s Five Year Plan required capital to industrialize and quickly modernize his nation. In this webinar, we will:

Examine the steps the Soviet Union took to confiscate all foodstuffs from areas of Ukraine in 1932-1933
Learn how some Western journalists became Stalin’s apologists
Discover Gareth Jones, a Welsh journalist’s, first-hand accounts of the man-made famine
Discover how food was systematically weaponized
Examine how the Soviet Union contained the execution of the population by closing borders
Analyze the loss of population, including the manipulation of census statistics
Experience the psychological after-effects of a nation in fear to speak of, remember or document the genocide that was, by law, forbidden to discuss.
Share classroom resources to teach the Holodomor (holod-mor, death by hunger)
Discuss advocacy efforts against genocide both here and abroad

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Doris Duzyj

Doris has extensive experience as a Social Studies educator and professional development coordinator. She is a retired Content Specialist for Social Studies and the Visual and Performing Arts for Warren Consolidated Schools in Warren, MI. She speaks both Ukrainian and French with BA’s in French and Political Science and an M.A.T. in Curriculum, Instruction and Leadership from Oakland University in Rochester, MI. Doris also taught World and American history at Carleton Middle School in the Center for Academically Talented. She is co-author of Teaching and Learning Materials, Holodomor-Genocide in Ukraine, MDE Edupaths.org (2018). Her current and former professional affiliations include NEA, MEA, WEA retirees, ASCD, MI Alliance for Gifted Education, MCSS, and NCSS. She is passionate about educating both teachers and students about the tragic events which took place in Ukraine under Stalin’s rule.

Christopher Mauriello

Christopher Mauriello is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts. He teaches and researches in the fields of modern European intellectual and cultural history, World War II, the Holocaust, and comparative genocide studies. He is author of Forced Confrontation: The Politics of Dead Bodies in Germany at the End of World War II (Lexington Books, 2017) and co-author of From Boston to Berlin: A Journey Through World War II in Images and Words (Purdue University Press, 2001).

Michael Sawkiw, Jr.

Michael Sawkiw is a former President of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), the leading representative organization of the Ukrainian American community. Since 1996, he has served as Director of the UCCA’s Washington, DC bureau – the Ukrainian National Information Service, and remains in this post presently. Michael has a BS in Mathematics from Union College in Schenectady, NY, as well as an MBA in Corporate Finance from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Michael is also Chairman of the U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Awareness and was instrumental in the establishment of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial in Washington, DC (unveiled in November 2015). In August 2017, the President of Ukraine awarded the Yaroslav the Wise state medal for his advocacy work in Washington and the establishment of the Holodomor Memorial. Michael is fluent in Ukrainian and has proficient knowledge of the Russian, Spanish, and German languages.