Αν θες να μάθεις
για την αξία
των πιστεύω σου
δεν είναι ανάγκη
να το μελετάς
θεωρητικά το θέμα
αρκεί να διαβάσεις
επιστολή του παρελθόντος
και να δεις άμεσα
εκείνο το έγκλημα
κατά της Ανθρωπότητας
που αγνοούσες
αλλά υπήρχε
πριν επιλέξεις
ελεύθερα
μια πορεία
λανθασμένη
λόγω γενοκτονίας.

“Honorable Comrade Stalin, is there a Soviet government law
stating villagers should go hungry? Because we, collective farm
workers, have not had a funt of bread in our kolhosp since January
1, 1932. It’s not only Horby, but also Hlobin and Semeniv, where
there is mass famine among the people. We are kolhosp workers
and have decided to ask: What will come next?

“The question arises: How can we build a socialist peoples
economy when we are condemned to starving to death «the har-
vest is still four months away? What did we die for on the battle-
fronts? To go hungry, to see our children die in pangs of hunger?

(Letter to comrade Stalin from Horby, Hlobyn raion, Kremen-
chuk oblast, from collective farmers — unsigned).