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Ukrainian Exhibit Around Holodomor 1932—1933 Genocide Comes to Melrose

Posted on: December 7, 2022 - 10:00am
Woman looking at Ukrainian Exhibit at Salem State University

Mayor Paul Brodeur invites the community to join him for the opening ceremony of the Holodomor Exhibit on Sunday, December 11, at 1 p.m. at the Trinity Episcopal Church, located at 131 W. Emerson St. in Melrose.

The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will include remarks from Mayor Brodeur, Trinity Episcopal Church Reverend David Prentice, members of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), and the Ukrainian Cultural Center of New England, among others, as well as performances by Olena Tsar, and Olha Abakumova, a Ukrainian opera singer, and the Melrose Men’s a capella chorus, Blue of a Kind.

The Ukrainian Cultural Center of New England (UCCN) brings the exhibit, titled “HOLODOMOR 1932-33 IS GENOCIDE”, from Salem State University to Melrose to share the tragic history of the Artificial Famine, known as Holodomor, that happened in Ukraine in 1932-1933. The exhibit, which is a result of the collaboration with the UCCN, the Ukrainian American Educational Center (UAEC), and the Trinity Episcopal Church, will be free and open to the public from December 11 to December 18.

Viewing Schedule for the Exhibit 

  • December 11, 1 — 4 p.m. 
  • December 12, 1 — 5 p.m. 
  • December 14, 5 – 8 p.m. 
  • December 17 & 18, 12 — 4 p.m. 

About the HOLODOMORE 1932-33 Genocide 
 
For decades, the Soviet authorities denied Holodomor and replaced real facts with propaganda. The scale of the tragedy and testimonies from survivors contributed to the recognition as a genocide. Ukrainian communities abroad made contributions to the dissemination of accurate facts and preservation of memories during these years of Soviet disinformation. 

On March 29, 2018, Governor Charlie Baker has issued a proclamation, by which the state recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people.  

Along with Mayor Brodeur, the opening ceremony will feature David Prentice, the Reverend of the church, Vsevolod Petriv, Head of the Boston branch of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), a survivor of the Holodomor memoirs, and musical performances by Ukrainian singers and A Capella groups.

For more information, contact UCCN at info@uccn.org or visit the event page.