The Black Specter of Stalin

Aussiegirl`s mother lived through the Great Famine in Ukraine, the attempted genocide of the Ukrainian people by the Exalted-Leader-of-the-Worker`s-Paradise, Joseph Stalin. Her touching account of this horrific event can be read here at Ultima Thule.

Let me give you a small taste:

Soon, the terrible, black specter of the Stalin created Famine-Genocide of l932-33 spread throughout the land. And even though I was still quite young, I remember that frightening apparition of the famine very well. Images that are seared in my memory forever -- hundreds -- thousands of people, their limbs and bellies grotesquely swollen from starvation -- the walking dead, the half-dead and the dead -- orphaned children wandering homeless and begging for food in the streets -- or simply dying in the gutters.

In school during class a small boy suddenly pitched forward onto his desk and died -- I shall never forget the sound of his head hitting the desk -- and he wasn't the only one. And the textbooks, newspapers and so-called "artistic literature" all around us overflowed with the slogan: "We are grateful to Comrade Stalin for our happy childhood!" What obscene and monstrous mockery!

This is a must-read!