ex·ter·mi·na·tion
ikˌstərməˈnāSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: extermination; plural noun: exterminations
ikˌstərməˈnāSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: extermination; plural noun: exterminations
- killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals.
This is the most remembered stage of genocide. In the case of Ukraine, the extermination was done in one of the cruelest ways possible. The Soviets came into Ukraine and began to force collectivization. When the masses resisted, all food and animals were confiscated and taken to other parts of the world. Eventually, the Ukrainians began to starve. The soviets starved the Ukrainian people to death for a year. Anyone who did not appear to be starving was killed on the spot. Parents often resorted to forms of cannibalism to feed themselves. All foreign aid and all media was denied entrance into the country. In the same fashion, universal passports kept Ukrainians from leaving the country to get food. This occurred from 1932 to 1933.
(left) Starving Ukrainians lie in bed together.