Oseredok Project
HREC is supporting the publication of 16 Holodomor memoirs from the archive of the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre (Oseredok) in Winnipeg. These were gathered as part of a competition held in the late 1940s for memoirs about the Second World War. The accounts are of particular value as they were written relatively soon after the Holodomor and reflect the experiences of Ukrainian intellectuals, teachers, and other professionals. Below are examples of some of the material found in the Oseredok collection regarding the memoir competition.
HANNA KASHYNSKA | Testimony of Hanna Kashynska about the Famine of 1932–1933 in the Dnipropetrovsk region. March 10, 1950. [Scan of Ukrainian original]
HANNA KASHYNSKA | English translation of the testimony by Hanna Kashynska about the Famine of 1932–1933 in the Dnipropetrovsk region. March 10, 1950.
K. PETRUS | Cover of K. Petrus’ “Soviet Arrestees.” 1944–1947. [Scan of Ukrainian original]
K. PETRUS | English translation of the testimony by K. Petrus in “Soviet Arrestees”, 1944–1947. [Ukrainian transcription]
FEDIR PRAVOBEREZHNYI (PIGIDO) | Biography of Fedir Pravoberezhny (Pigido). [Ukrainian]
FEDIR PRAVOBEREZHNYI (PIGIDO) | Cover of Pravoberezhnyi’s book “8 000 000. The Year 1933 in Ukraine.” 1948. [Scan of Ukrainian original]
FEDIR PRAVOBEREZHNYI (PIGIDO) | Dedication Pravoberezhnyi’s book “8 000 000. The Year 1933 in Ukraine.” 1948. [Scan of Ukrainian original]
FEDIR PRAVOBEREZHNYI (PIGIDO) | “8 000 000. The Year 1933 in Ukraine.” [Ukrainian transcription]
FEDIR PRAVOBEREZHNYI (PIGIDO) | Article by Fedir Pravoberezhny (Pigido) “17th Anniversary of the Holodomor” in Ukrainianski visti, June 8, 1950. [Scan of Ukrainian original]
V. SEBASTIANOV | Testimony of V. Sebastianov about the Famine of 1932-1933 in Vinnytsia. July 14, 1947. [Ukrainian transcription]]
V. SEBASTIANOV | Letter from V. Sebastianov to Oseredok. July 18, 1947. [Scan of Ukrainian original]
IVAN ZOZIULA | Biography of Ivan Zozulia (Ivan Piddubnyi). [Ukrainian]
IVAN ZOZIULA | Testimony by Ivan Zozulia “Part I: The Truth About the Collective Farm.” January 22, 1948. [Ukrainian transcription]
IVAN ZOZIULA | Testimony by Ivan Zozulia “Part II: In the Yoke of the Collective Farm.” January 22, 1948. [Ukrainian transcription]
OTHER MATERIALS | Flyer in English distributed by Ukrainian participants at an April 11, 1948 demonstration in Hanover, Germany, on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Famine of 1932–1933 in Ukraine. Not later than April 11, 1948. Original, typed.
OTHER MATERIALS | Badge worn by participants at a demonstration in Hanover, Germany, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Famine of 1932–1933 in Ukraine. Not later than April 11, 1948. Original, colour image. The symbol is glued to the page; it appears that the typed description accompanying the badge was made by D. Solovei.
OTHER MATERIALS | Flyer in German distributed by Ukrainian participants at an April 11, 1948 demonstration in Hanover, Germany, on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Famine of 1932–1933 in Ukraine. Not later than April 11, 1948. Original, typed.