Germany recognizes Holodomor as genocide. More understanding means fewer mistakes

For a long time, Europeans preferred to turn a blind eye to this, so as not to "anger" the Moscow imperialists, with whom it was profitable to "just do business."

And while it is convenient to deal with a murderer and a maniac, you can always come up with a reason why "everything is not clear" with the victims of this criminal. But this year it finally became clear what and who is the power that controls the vast Eurasian territory from the Kremlin. And now I am not talking about the bunker old man, whose time is obviously running out, and will soon pass forever, but about the sinister imperial spirit that forced them to commit mass murder, genocide, destruction, and incredible crimes for centuries in the glory of the satanic goal of "permanent expansion". And all these imperial rulers are very similar. They belonged to different eras, had different abilities and different levels of intelligence (the bunker old man with his "rubber pops" and jokes about "grandmother and grandfather" is clearly dumber than the "terrible tsar"), but they did the same thing  - the constant sacrifice of an incredible number of human lives (both "own" and "alien") for the whimsical goal of "dominion". Let this dominion be dominion over bones and ruins.

“The bunker old man with his "rubber pops" and jokes about "grandmother and grandfather" is clearly dumber than the "terrible tsar"”

It's good that Europe is now starting to mention the Holodomor, and it's actually very, very timely. Recognizing the Holodomor as a genocide is a direct antithesis to the currently popular idea in the EU that, they say, the current Russian aggression against Ukraine is "Putin's war" to which ordinary Russians "have no relation". And what was the Holodomor then? "Stalin's genocide"? No, all the dictators sitting in the Kremlin followed the same line, which obviously found a full response among their own imperial population. And this population must be held accountable for its crimes, without shifting the blame to its own dictators. Because if this population did not support, but denied the legacy of their dictators, they would have already branded these cannibals, and not glorified them, and would not have looked for new and new heirs to the "glory" of the Kremlin cannibals. Let them overthrow Putin, throw out Lenin's effigy from the mausoleum, and burn Stalin's corpse... Then let's talk about the degree of their guilt.

If this population did not support but denied the legacy of their dictators, they would have already branded these cannibals, and not glorified them, and would not have looked for new and new heirs to the "glory" of the Kremlin cannibals.

It is interesting that Russia tried to stop the process of recognizing the Holodomor in Germany by updating old, well-known theses. An article by the Russian ambassador to Germany, published in the local press, is shown here. Actually, there is nothing new. The same theses that "famine was everywhere in the USSR", that it had no "national reasons", etc. After the beginning of a large-scale war, you look at all this, taking into account new experience. You understand that all the lies that are spewed out for "external use" now have a very old historical tradition. They still lie according to the same patterns. That "they do not fire on civilian objects", that "they do not shoot civilians of Ukraine", that they do not engage in terror and torture in the occupied territories…

Knowing what a lie it is, you understand the extent of the lies in the tales they have been telling about the Holodomor for many decades. And they simply do not invent anything new.  Why? You just need to fulfill a few simple conditions: 1) repeat the same lie; 2) do it confidently; 3) in response to criticism, accuse everyone around of "Russophobia". Saying that for some reason everyone "doesn't like" them. "For some reason". Just as "for some reason" the neighbors don't like the alcoholic who lives in their driveway, who constantly arranges the mess, rushes at the neighbors with a knife, drowns them with water, and almost blows everyone up because of the gas in the kitchen.

For some reason, everyone "doesn't like" Russians. "For some reason". Just as "for some reason" the neighbors don't like the alcoholic who lives in their driveway, who constantly arranges the mess, rushes at the neighbors with a knife, drowns them with water, and almost blows everyone up because of the gas in the kitchen.

It is good that recently in Germany there are more and more publications in German, where the problem of recognizing the Holodomor as genocide is presented as it is. I've been reading a lot of these posts lately. I particularly liked the article, which draws clear analogies between how the Moscow aggressor destroyed Ukrainians in the last century, and continues to do so now, at the same time trying to eradicate even the memory of the Holodomor. It is not surprising that one of the first things the occupier did in Mariupol was to destroy the Holodomor memorial. I will add that this is also very revealing. On the one hand, they are trying everywhere to deny the fact of the Holodomor, and at the same time, they are trying to eradicate any memory of it. If you consider yourself to be right, then shouldn't you be the first to do research and publish materials to "justify" yourself? Isn't it stupid to shut up and silence everyone with repressions? But this is the lying and vile nature of Russians: rejecting everything, pretending to be a fool, and shutting the mouths of those who do not agree.

The Germans should be told this and explained that for them it is also a chance to learn more about Ukraine, about its struggle for independence, which invariably became a struggle for survival. More understanding means fewer mistakes. Like the one that the previous German government did when it went to Nord Stream 2 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014. Now the German minister says that this was "Germany's contribution" to the resolution of Russia's war against Ukraine. Better late than never. And this also applies to the study of history, as well as to call a spade a spade in history.

About the author. Petro Oleschuk, political scientist

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