Local Baltimore chapter of Plast, Ukrainian Scouting Organization to Host an Educational
Program about Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-33

Baltimore Ukrainian youth plan to collect canned goods and distribute "recipes" improvised
by Ukrainian farmers to avoid dying in Soviet engineered famine

BALTIMORE, Md.  -- The local Baltimore
chapter of the Plast, Ukrainian Scouting Organization, in conjunction with Eternal Memory -
Ukrainian Genocide Committee, will host an educational/informational program about the
Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-33 at the Ukrainian Festival in Patterson Park in
Baltimore on September 9th and 10th from 12:00 - 6:00pm.

Seven to ten million Ukrainians starved to death during the Great Famine-Genocide of
1932-33, as Joseph Stalin undertook one of the most terrible, yet largely unknown,
genocides in the history of mankind. This deliberate mass starvation was designed to
undermine and suppress Ukrainian resistance to the oppressive Soviet regime.

At the height of the famine, Ukrainian villagers were dying at the staggering rate of 25,000 a
day.

Ukraine, located south-west of Russia and north of the Black Sea in Eastern Europe, is a
country of rich farmland known throughout the world as the "Breadbasket of Europe". Stalin
ordered mandatory collectivization of its farms in the late 1920s, seizing all privately held
farmland and livestock. As farmers resisted, food quotas were raised until no food remained
to feed the people of Ukraine. The borders were sealed to prevent any food from entering
the country. This also served the purpose of hiding the atrocity from the eyes of the world. In
total, roughly one quarter of the population of Ukraine perished in 1932-33. Ironically, that
same year, the USSR dumped 1.7 million tons of wheat on Western markets.

Next year marks the 75th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-33, also
known as the "Forgotten Holocaust" or the "Holodomor" (Famine Terror).

To commemorate this year's anniversary of the Famine-Genocide, the Ukrainian Scouts of
Baltimore will collect canned goods to donate to the Maryland Food Bank. They will also
distribute "recipes" that Ukrainian farmers improvised to avoid dying of starvation. These
include recipes for bread made from crushed maple leaves and pussy willows. Letters from
victims and survivors will be on display and "Harvest of Despair", the award-winning 1983
movie about the Famine-Genocide, will be screened.

The event will take place during the Ukrainian Festival in Patterson Park on Eastern Avenue
in Baltimore. Admission is free.