ORGANIZATION

The U.S. Holodomor Committee

Mission

To promote and spread the truth about one of the least-known genocides in the world–the Ukrainian Genocide (Holodomor) of 1932-1933. By remembering the victims of the Holodomor and other genocides, the U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor Genocide Awareness (U.S. Holodomor Committee) aims to help ensure that the horrors of the past are not repeated, and that the (still) deniers of this heinous crime against humanity be called out.

History

The U.S. Holodomor Committee was formed in 2006 under the initiative of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian Holodomor in 2008.

Over the years, the U.S. Holodomor Committee has evolved into an independent, District of Columbia-registered organization, consisting of and supported by an ever-growing number of volunteers from across the United States. Their varied activities are focused on bringing education about the Holodomor into school curricula, media outreach, genocide recognition by state governments, exhibits, film production, “Remembrance” days, and the push for revocation of the Pulitzer Prize awarded in 1932 to Walter Duranty, a New York Times Moscow correspondent whose lies about the Holodomor contributed to the horrific death toll of the Stalin-orchestrated genocide.  2015 saw the Committee’s most notable endeavor, when the Holodomor Memorial in Washington, D.C., whose creation had been approved by the U.S. Congress in 2006, was unveiled in a solemn ceremony that was attended by thousands.

The U.S. Holodomor Committee’s various activities have been funded by generous support from Ukrainian American credit unions, as well as by other contributors within the Ukrainian American community.