Posted by Keith Armstrong on December 18, 2003 at 22:34:56:
In Reply to: Re: UKRAINE FAMINE posted by Peter J Wakeham, poet on December 08, 2003 at 03:27:17:
I'm still amazed that the awareness of this historical tragedy has barely skimmed the surface of the collective concsiousness. This story will soon become just that = a story on a bookshelf. Remembered only by those of scholarly endeavor. Vichnaya Pamyat!
: May we never forget such condoned examples, of human despoilation of our brothers and sisters; and may we as poets, artists, playwrights, philosophers, etc., be stirred by such grave crimes, to better contribute to the celebration of the human spirit.
: : Canberra Times (Australia)
: : November 22, 2003 Saturday Final Edition
: : UKRAINE FAMINE: The 70th Anniversary of the Great Famine in Ukraine will be commemorated today with a procession from Civic Square at 10.30am ending at the Famine Memorial, 6 McKay Gardens, Turner. A symposium The Great Famine of 1932-33 will take place 2pm-4pm, University House, ANU.