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20 KhZ >/& • EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ 2025 Promoting Recognition of the Holodomor as Genocide: The UNWLA’s Decades of Advocacy tŚŝůĞ ĐŽͲĐŚĂŝƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ tĂůƚĞƌ ƵƌĂŶƚLJ ZĞǀŽĐĂƟŽŶ ƐƵďͲĐŽŵͲ ŵŝƩĞĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ,ŽůŽĚŽŵŽƌ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ǁŝƚŚ KŬƐĂŶĂ WŝĂͲ ƐĞĐŬLJũ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ ĂƌƟĐůĞƐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ,ŽůŽĚŽŵŽƌ LJĞĂƌƐ ŝŶ The New York Times ĂƌĐŚŝǀĞƐ͕ / ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ Ă ůĞƩĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŝƚŽƌ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ďLJ <ĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ ^ĐŚƵƚŽĐŬ ĚĂƚĞĚ DĂƌĐŚ ϯϭ͕ ϭεϯϯ͘ tŚĞŶ / ǁƌŽƚĞ ƚŽ ƌ͘ DĂƌƚŚĂ <ŝĐŚŽƌŽǁƐŬĂ <ĞďĂůŽ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůĞƩĞƌ͕ / ǁĂƐ ƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚůLJ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ƚŚĂƚ <ĂƚŚͲ ĞƌŝŶĞ ǁĂƐ hŬƌĂŝŶŝĂŶ Ͷ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ hŬƌĂŝŶŝĂŶ͕ ďƵƚ Ă ĨŽƵŶĚͲ ŝŶŐ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hEt> ǁŚŽ ŚĂĚ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ĂƐ ƚƌĞĂƐƵƌĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ džĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ĨƌŽŵ ϭε25 ƚŽ ϭεϯϭ͘ <ĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ͛Ɛ ůĞƩĞƌ ǁĂƐ ŚĞĂƌƚͲǁƌĞŶĐŚŝŶŐ͕ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŽ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Times ĂƐ tĂůƚĞƌ ƵƌĂŶƚLJ͛Ɛ ĚĞŶŝĂů ĂƌƟĐůĞ͕ ͞ZƵƐƐŝĂŶƐ ,ƵŶŐƌLJ ďƵƚ EŽƚ ^ƚĂƌǀŝŶŐ͘͟ ^ŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚͲ ĞĚ ŚĞƌ ůĞƩĞƌ ďLJ ƌĞĨĞƌƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƵƌĂŶƚLJ͛Ɛ ƌĞƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĐůƵĚͲ ĞĚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĐŽƌƌĞƐƉŽŶĚĞŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ hŬƌĂŝŶĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƚƵĂů ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵīĞƌŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ EĂĚŝĂ ELJŶŬĂ͕ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ hEt> sŝĐĞ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ 200ϯ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽĨ Our Life ͕ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϳ0ƚŚ ĂŶŶŝǀĞƌƐĂƌLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ,ŽůŽĚŽŵŽƌ͘ / ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ Ă ĐŽƉLJ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ĂƐͲ ƚŽŶŝƐŚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĞ hEt> ŚĂĚ ĚŽŶĞ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝŶĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĚƵƌ Ͳ ŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ,ŽůŽĚŽŵŽƌ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ / ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ Ăůů ŽƵƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ;ǁǁǁ͘ƵŶǁůĂ͘ŽƌŐͬŬƐͲĂŶĚͲŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞƐͿ͘ dŚĞ hEt> &ĂŵŝŶĞ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ǁƌŽƚĞ Ă ŵĞŵŽƌĂŶĚƵŵ ƚŽ WƌĞƐŝͲ ĚĞŶƚ ZŽŽƐĞǀĞůƚ ŽŶ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϭϯ͕ ϭεϯϯ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ůĞƩĞƌ ƚŽ ůĞĂŶŽƌ ZŽŽƐĞǀĞůƚ ŽŶ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ 2ϭ͘ ŽƚŚ ĂƌĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůůĞĐͲ ƟŽŶ ŽĨ ůĞƩĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ ŝƐƐƵĞ͘ dŚĞ ůĞƩĞƌƐ ŝŵƉůŽƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƉƌĞǀĂŝů ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ZĞĚ ƌŽƐƐ ƚŽ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚ Ă ZĞĚ ƌŽƐƐ ďĂƐĞ ŝŶ hŬƌĂŝŶĞ͘ dŚĞ ŵĞŵŽƌĂŶĚƵŵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ǁĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĂŶƐǁĞƌĞĚ͖ ƚŚĞ ůĞƩĞƌ ƚŽ DƌƐ͘ ZŽŽƐĞͲ ǀĞůƚ ǁĂƐ ĂŶƐǁĞƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůĞƩĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ^ƚĂƚĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĂĚ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚ͗ ͞ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ hŬƌĂŝŶĞ͕ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶLJ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚŝƐ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĐĂŶ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞůLJ ƚĂŬĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂƩĞƌ͘͟ ,ĞůĞŶ >ŽƚŽƚƐŬLJ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hEt> Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌ͘ EĞŽŶŝůŝĂ WĞůĞĐŽǀŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŝƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŐĞŶĐLJ ZĞůŝĞĨ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͘ dŚĞ ůĞƩĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞƩĞƌŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zt EĂƟŽŶĂů ŽĂƌĚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ WĞůĞĐŽǀŝĐŚ ƐŝŐŶŝŶŐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŝƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŐĞŶĐLJ ZĞůŝĞĨ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͘ dŚĞ zt ƉƌŽďĂďůLJ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĞƩĞƌŚĞĂĚ ƚŽ WĞůĞĐŽǀŝĐŚ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ hEt> ůĞƩĞƌ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ďLJ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŬŶŽǁŶ ŵĞƌŝͲ ĐĂŶ ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ zt ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĞŶƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů /ŶƐƟƚƵƚĞƐ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ĂƐƐŝƐƚ ŝŵŵŝͲ ŐƌĂŶƚ ǁŽŵĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƐƐŝŵŝůĂƟŽŶ ŝŶƚŽ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͘ dŚĞLJ Maria Kvit-Flynn , UNWLA VP – Public Relations (Branch 75, Maplewood, NJ) Katherine Schutock’s letter to the editor of The New York Times, March 31, 1933.
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