Hanna Domanska was the only one of her family to survive the genocide in Ukraine in the 1930s. Ninety years on, the eyewitness born in 1927 talks about the agony of the Soviet Union’s Great Famine.
Holodomor literally translated from Ukrainian means “death by hunger” and refers to the period of Soviet rule when some 6 to 7 million people died of chronic starvation some 90 years ago.
The 96-year-old woman sits in a room where the bed is scattered with embroidered cushions and family photos line the walls.
She still lives alone in her house in the village of Severyny in the Khmelnytskyi region of western Ukraine, which today has around 230 inhabitants.
“Some party bosses and youth communists came into the house and took everything away, literally everything,” the elderly woman recalls.
Many of the people were exiled to Siberia, including half of the Shvedyuk family: Hanna Domanska’s grandfather Marco, her grandmother Pestyna, her then 15-year-old aunt Secleta, her father Vasyl and her uncle, Todos.
Shortly after the birth of her youngest child, Olha walked to a village where the Soviets had set up a collection point for “kulaks.”
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Holodomor literally translated from Ukrainian means “death by hunger” and refers to the period of Soviet rule when some 6 to 7 million people died of chronic starvation some 90 years ago.
The 96-year-old woman sits in a room where the bed is scattered with embroidered cushions and family photos line the walls.
She still lives alone in her house in the village of Severyny in the Khmelnytskyi region of western Ukraine, which today has around 230 inhabitants.
“Some party bosses and youth communists came into the house and took everything away, literally everything,” the elderly woman recalls.
Many of the people were exiled to Siberia, including half of the Shvedyuk family: Hanna Domanska’s grandfather Marco, her grandmother Pestyna, her then 15-year-old aunt Secleta, her father Vasyl and her uncle, Todos.
Shortly after the birth of her youngest child, Olha walked to a village where the Soviets had set up a collection point for “kulaks.”
The original article contains 994 words, the summary contains 150 words. Saved 85%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!