It is not a question of belief, it is a question about facts and proof of which I am not in a position to rule on. I think the ideological war and propaganda of the times destroyed and distorted proof to an extent that it is not clear what happened exactly and why. We know it was a humanitarian tradgedy and a lot of people died, which could and should have been prevented. I also think some of those that knew what happened said something else than what was true because it was to their benefit.
Simple questions do not always fit into the framework of complex problems though. Also, what do you mean by “government-military”? In Soviet, to my knowledge, there was no paramilitary forces, so I don’t understand the term. To be clear here, I do not think there are any compelling reasons to not hold the regime accountable for the crisis and the handling of it.
So do you or do not believe the Holodomor is a genocide?
It is not a question of belief, it is a question about facts and proof of which I am not in a position to rule on. I think the ideological war and propaganda of the times destroyed and distorted proof to an extent that it is not clear what happened exactly and why. We know it was a humanitarian tradgedy and a lot of people died, which could and should have been prevented. I also think some of those that knew what happened said something else than what was true because it was to their benefit.
It’s a pretty simple question. Was the Holodomor a government-military-led crisis?
Simple questions do not always fit into the framework of complex problems though. Also, what do you mean by “government-military”? In Soviet, to my knowledge, there was no paramilitary forces, so I don’t understand the term. To be clear here, I do not think there are any compelling reasons to not hold the regime accountable for the crisis and the handling of it.