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Library Resources on the Holodomor

The Harvest of Sorrow by Robert Conquest
Call Number: Main Collection - 2nd Floor ; 947.084 Co763h

The first full history of one of the most horrendous human tragedies of the 20th century, the famine/genocide in Ukraine. Ambitious, meticulously researched, and lucidly written, The Harvest of Sorrow is a deeply moving testament to those who died, and will register in the Western consciousness a sense of the dark side of this century's history.
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder
Call Number: Main Collection - 2nd Floor ; 940.5405 Sn92b

Bloodlands is a new kind of European history, presenting the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes as two aspects of a single story. Bloodlands is a required reading for anyone seeking to understand the central tragedy of modern history and its meaning today.

Depicting Genocide: 20th Century Responses to the Holodomor
A digital exhibit from the Ukrainian History and Education Center
The Great Famine Project- Digital Historical Atlas
The interactive map allows one not only to conduct spatial analysis of historical data, but also helps to formulate new questions and to stimulate new research on the history of the Great Famine.
The Holodomor Museum Archive
Digital archive of the Holodomor Museum in Kiev.
Holodomor Oral History Archive from UCRDC
The Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre (UCRDC) is a community institution which collects, catalogues, and preserves material documenting the history, culture and contributions of Ukrainians throughout the world.
Holodomor Photo Directory
Digital photos from HREC (Holodomor Research and Education Consortium) in Canada.
Holodomor Reader
A collection of key texts and source materials across scholarship; legal assessments, findings, and resolutions; eyewitness accounts and memoirs; survivor testimonies, memoirs, diaries, and letters. Many appeared in English for the first time. From HREC (Holodomor Research and Education Consortium) in Canada.
Holodomor Resource Library
A project from the Connecticut Holodomor Awareness Committee.