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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, СІЧЕНЬ 2009 25 Branch 56 North Port, Florida Holodomor Commemoration Doris Horbachevsky, Neonillia Lechman, Carol LaVallee, and Anastasia Chomyk Every year, public relations members of UNWLA Branch 56 in North Port, Florida, and the Committee of the United Ukrainian-American Organizations of North Port present a program about the Holodomor to social studies classes at North Port High School. This year approximately two hundred Social Studies, ESL, and Holocaust/Human Rights students at North Port High School sat in rapt attention on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at a special program on the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor — the artificial famine-genocide of 1932 – 1933 in Ukraine during which 6 to 10 million people died. Mrs. Neonillia Lechman presented a brief history of Ukraine and of the events leading up to the Holodomor, citing the adoption of the genocide resolution by the United Nations on December 9, 1948. A segment of the film “Harvest of Despair” was shown, and Mrs. Anastasia Chomyk, a Holodomor survivor, gave a moving testimony of her personal experience during that tragic time. Mrs Doris Horbachevsky explained the role of New York Times reporter Walter Duranty in covering up the manmade famine and denying its existence. Today, she explained, the Holodomor has been recognized by 19 countries and a memorial, the “Candle of Memory,” has been built in Kyiv. Here in the United States, land has been donated in Washington D.C. where a monument is to be constructed to commemorate victims of the famine. The program ended with a question and answer session. Students were especially intrigued by Mrs. Chomyk’s per - sonal story and asked her numerous questions about her experiences during the famine. Mrs. Carol LaVallee, social studies teacher at North Port High School, has invited UNWLA Branch 56 and the United Ukrainian-American Organizations of North Port, Florida, to present the Holodomor program again (in April) to the next session of students taking the Holocaust/Human Rights class at the high school. — Ann-Marie Susla Students at North Port High School attending the Holodomor presentation
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