Survivors – Activity

Working with eyewitness accounts — Videotaped

View the DVD “Holodomor—Let Their Memory Be Eternal” by Canad Inns, a 15 minute production includes the accounts of 12 Holodomor survivors or research on websites: www.holodomorsurvivors.ca and/or www.sharethestory.ca

Answer the following questions:

  1. Gather 10 facts about the Holodomor from the accounts of the survivors.
  2. According to survivors, who were the:
    1. perpetrators
    2. henchmen
    3. victims
  3. What evidence was given that the Famine was deliberate?
  4. How did some people survive?
  5. Select an incident described that was especially:
    1. Distressing OR
    2. Memorable or uplifting
  6. Describe the survivors

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