Germany recognizes 1930s famine as genocide of Ukrainians

This is reported on the Bundestag website.

By making this decision, Germany acknowledged the 1930s mass famine as the responsibility of the Soviet Union's political leadership under Joseph Stalin.

"The events of the 1930s showed the desire of the Soviet leadership to control and suppress the peasants, the periphery of Soviet power and Ukrainian life, language and culture. Because of the famine and repression, the whole of Ukraine suffered, and not just its agricultural regions," stressed the report.

German deputies confirmed that the Holodomor is a crime against humanity, which is now classified as genocide.

The Bundestag called on the German authorities to continue their political support for the Holodomor victims' memory, its international publication, and strongly oppose any attempts to launch Russian historical narratives. 

In addition, the deputies stressed that Ukraine should continue to receive political, financial, humanitarian and military support in the war with Russia, which violates international law and supports Putin's imperialist policy.

Andriy Yermak, Head of the Ukrainian President's Office, thanked the Bundestag for this decision.

"The Holodomor of 1932-1933 was a genocide. This is historical justice that the world recognizes. We also know the nation that is responsible for the crime," Yermak writes.