[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 147 (Thursday, November 14, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2028]
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       COMMEMORATING THE 69TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINIAN FAMINE

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 14, 2002

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 69th 
anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine of 1932 to 1933.
  The Famine was engineered as part of Stalin's genocidal policy toward 
the Ukrainian people, and resulted in the deaths of at least 7 million 
innocent men, women, and children. Though these deaths were covered up 
and denied for decades by the government of the former Soviet Union, 
the truth surrounding these tragic events have been documented by 
witnesses and survivors, as well as investigative works like Robert 
Conquest's Harvest of Sorrow and the report of the Congressional 
Commission on the Ukraine Famine.
  I recently received a letter from Dr. Walter Lyzohub from Redford 
Township, MI. He wrote to tell me that he was a survivor of the Famine, 
but that the Famine took the lives of his sister, Wira, as well as his 
brother, Iwan. His sister and brother were age 10 and 9, respectively. 
Dr. Lyzohub also enclosed a family photograph taken in 1929, just 3 
years before the onset of the Famine.
  For Dr. Lyzohub and other survivors of the Famine, these tragic 
events are not just a footnote in history. They are as real as the 
faces in this photograph of two children who died so needlessly. We 
honor the memory of Wira and Iwan Lyzohub, and all the victims of the 
Ukrainian Famine of 1932 and 1933. It is important that we remember 
their lives and their deaths, and work to ensure that food is never 
again used as a weapon.
  Mr. Speaker, as we commemorate the anniversary of this man-made 
tragedy, we join with Ukrainian-Americans and Ukrainians around the 
world in always remembering the victims of the Famine.

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