Holodomor Memorial

Stop by if you're near Union Station or the Smithsonian Postal Museum! It's along the sidewalk. It tells a history I never learned in school or elsewhere. This memorial has a new plaque describing the Holodomor Famine Genocide in Ukraine (as shown) to the right of it. The text is audio described in either English or Ukrainian by pressing one of the buttons shown! The volume can't be adjusted nor can it be paused, stopped, or sped up. But it's so exciting to see accessibility as a forethought!

Beautiful memorial, thoughtfully designed to commemorate the victims who perished from Stalin's manufactured genocide by starvation in Ukraine during 1932-1933. Stalin's "Holodomor" murdered millions of people, and affected many countries, but he intentionally targeted the bread-basket of Europe - Ukraine. The memorial depicts wheat - as Stalin's regime through forced collectivization confiscated all grain for export to other countries. The proceeds funded the artificial industrialization and the farse of the grand Socialist experiment -- the Soviet Empire. Highly recommend visiting to pay respects to the victims, and appreciate how much food is available to us.

The USSR is the result of a failed social experiment. When Stalin realized that he could not restrain the free spirit of the Ukrainian people, he decided to destroy them by starvation. My grandmother recalled that she survived only thanks to bread made from weed seeds and a goat hidden from the bloodthirsty Russians.

An easily glossed over story in recent history that most Americans have not had the privilege of learning about. A man made famine that killed millions in Soviet Ukraine as the result of Soviet policies. Stop by this memorial if you are walking near to Washington Union Station.

A blink-and-you'll-miss-it monument to the victims of the red famine. Sobering, but the size and location (right near food trucks, bars, hotels, and Union Station) can make quiet reflection difficult (but getting lunch easy). A fascinating window on a lesser known example of genocidal cruelty.