In the 1920's and 1930's they let them starve. Today the let them freeze: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7819429.stm. On 1/14/09, peekaboobrat <[email protected]> wrote: > > HARVEST OF DESPAIR- film-55 min VHS in English > The forgotten holocaust - a time when Stalin was dumping millions of tons > of wheat on the Western Market, while in the Ukraine, people were dying of > starvation at a rate of 25,000 a day. Up to 10 million perished in this > famine, brought by ruthless decree. > > This film probes the tragic consequences of Ukraine's national struggle for > greater cultural and political autonomy in the 1920s and 30s. Through rare > archival footage the results of Stalin's lethal countermeasures unfold in > harrowing detail. Experience intensely moving eye-witness accounts of > survivors, as well as accounts by noted journalists and officials. > > HARVEST OF DESPAIR explores the reasons why this man-made famine remains so > little known, and exposes the campaigns of concealment. > > In 1932-33, roughly one quarter of the entire population of Ukraine > perished through brutal starvation. This film provides testimony of a lost > generation that has been silenced for too long. It provides an elequent > legacy for future generations. > > In April 1985, this film won First Prize and a gold medal at the Houston > International Film Festival. > The filmmakers wish to express their appreciation to the witnesses for > their courage in recounting these traumatic events in their lives. > > For more info in obtaining copies please write me privately at peekaboobrat > at yahoo dot com > > [As an off this topic, to the group, I was told that 'petitions' and > signing anything online, with your name and address or email address does > not count legally as a document. But the person could be wrong.] > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >