Imagine that you're an outside observer of Ukraine during this famine, all you see are the dead bodies scattered across the broken, torn up streets; along with the faces of tiny infants and toddlers whose stomachs are protruding from their chest, due to malnutrition. Kids having to provide for themselves because they no longer have parents to care for them or even nurture their vital needs such as cooking, protecting, etc. These unfortunate yet true sites were all witnessed first-hand by a man named Walter Duranty; a journalist who'd been stationed in the "heart" of the USSR DURINg the Ukrainian genocide. Due to walter's outstanding, and descriptive journalism, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, Shorty after the famine was over. often, his journalism would tell the story of the thousands of victims he saw suffering from the Holodomor at that time which took place amongnst the Ukrainian culture and the Soviet union.
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The Uklrainian Genocide was undoubtly one of the least recognized tragedies of the 20th century, which also is ofetn refered to as the " Forgotton Genocide". How anyone could forget about the Famine amongst the Ukrainians and Soviet Union is completely puzzling to me. Over 10,000,000 vicitms, and nearly 3,000,000 babies were born during this time and about 90% of these infants DIED due to starvation! Babies were literally dead outside and in the homes of their loved ones; and with no specialist around to cease these deaths, they were continuous for an entire 365 days! Fortunatle, thanks to a man who shared his views on the famine, he was able to get others who may not've knwn about the genocide aware at this time. Today, nearly 80 years later the people of our society seems to have forgotten about the torture and neglect that the Ukrainians had to edeer. What do you think, could the U.S. ever have their own Genocide in this day in age? Why or why not?
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