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Our Life | Наше життя November | Листопад 2020 As a leader in the remembrance of the Stalinist man- made famine in Ukraine in 1932–1933, the Ukrainian Orthodox community in South Bound Brook/ Somerset, NJ, along with its spiritual father, Patriarch Mstyslav I, has dedicated itself to honoring the memory of those who perished, to the preservation of historical writings and accounts, and to activism in the community. St. Andrew Memorial Church, the Ukrainian Cultural Center, and the Ukrainian History and Education Center (UHEC), located on the campus of the Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in New Jersey, are all dedicated to the memory of those who perished in the Holodomor. UHEC’s permanent collections hold many objects of art, archival records, and library resources that depict, describe, and document this tragic event in Ukrainian history. Possibly the most recognized Holodomor-related painting created in the diaspora is Zemlia (Earth) by Bohdan Pevny (1931–2002). Dedicated to the memory of the Holodomor, the work is based on a clip from the renowned Oleksander Dovzhenko film of the same title. It was gifted to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA in 1963 and is on view at the St. Sophia Library on campus. In his series of 77 linocuts entitled Ukraine 1933: A Cookbook , the Ukrainian artist Mykola Bondarenko (b. 1949 in Sumy) presents a uniquely understated but profoundly moving commemoration of the horrors faced by the victims of the Holodomor. After learning about the Holodomor, he wanted to commemorate it in artwork, but was dissatisfied with his early sketches. His artistic concept did not crystallize until he spoke to those who had lived through the period and learned how they survived. Instead of depicting emaciated peasants or other scenes of suffering and death, he presents the various plants and animals that people were forced to eat in order to survive. They are depicted in stark black-and-white lines set against a black cross shape (simultaneously recalling both the Christian cross and a windowpane), and are accompanied by a short text identifying the plant or animal and describing how it was prepared for consumption. The effect is chilling: one cannot help but be horrified by the idea of being forced to eat grasses, thistles, burdock, corn husks, cats, dogs, baby birds, or the carcasses of farm animals in a desperate attempt to get enough calories to stay alive. The “recipes” in this “Cookbook” are based on those first- hand accounts. In addition to the recipes, the series also includes depictions of some of the homemade tools that were used to prepare the “food.” The UHEC Patriarch Mstyslav Museum permanent collection has a complete set of this print series, donated by the artist, and has published it in book form together with English translations of the texts within the prints. One aim of the UHEC Library is to collect and preserve materials and books published on the Holodomor. The library’s holdings, which are available to researchers and library patrons, include political brochures, educational materials, and various titles published over the past several decades in Ukraine and the US. In particular, the holdings include the Natsionalna knyha pamiati zhertv Holodomoru 1932–1933 rokiv v Ukraini published by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance in Ukraine. This multi- volume collection lists the names of the victims of the Holodomor by Ukraine’s oblasts. The library also has newspaper clippings, calendars, articles, and educational materials for school groups, all available for library patrons to view. Honoring the Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor in New Jersey 1. 12
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