Holodomor was a tragic event that has been long forgotten this all happened because people did not want to conform into communism. holodomor can be compared to the holocaust, Because a massive amount of people were treated like lesser human being and deported, killed, and starved. Today not many people know about holodomor it is not taught in schools and in fact from 1934 to 1945 not a lot of press was allowed to cover it. Although nearly 15 million people died.
In the 1920s vladimir lenin a communist ruler from 1922 to 1924 Decided that ukraine would make a great farming state. to feed his people, Some farmers agreed to help but most choose not to help in retaliation lenin took their food with force. When lenin died in january, 12, 1924. Joseph stalin a power hungry leader would quickly rise to power. Stalin hastily finished taking most of their food. The people who did not give them food were deemed less than human and had their rights taken away this can be compared to hitler's rule because he deemed the jews of a lesser people. In 1931 a group of students and farmers gathered outside a college to protest there food shortages this is only the beginning of the worst. To silence the rioters stalin deployed secret police similar to hitler's gestapo. Shots were fired above the crowd but there is reports of shots fired directly into the crowd.…show more content… Stalin instead of gifting them the gift of food decided to close off their borders and deem every ukrainian less than human. To guard the ukrainian borders stalin deployed close to 100,000 soldiers with a order to shoot on site if any one tried to
