Students of Sumy branch of KhNUIA, together with curators Nadia Demidenko, Yulia Samoilova, and Anna Mititiel, a specialist in the department of educational and social and humanitarian work, visited a thematic exhibition at Sumy Regional Museum of Local Lore, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933. They viewed copies of unique archival documents: letters, diaries of eyewitnesses of those terrible events. Those present were particularly impressed by the pieces of black bread baked in those years from various herbs, which helped to survive, because all bread, even sown bread, was confiscated.

The exact number of people who died from the Holodomor in both Ukraine and Sumy region is unknown, since since January 1933 the death records were either partially not kept or were destroyed. The main documentary source remains the civil registration books for 1932-1933. Everyone can now turn over the pages of the death registration book for 1932-1933 of various settlements of Sumy region at the link: https://history.sumy.ua/sources/writing/9266-knyhy-ratss-pro-smert-v-19321933-rr-sumska-oblast.

Analyzing the causes and consequences of the genocide that the Ukrainian people experienced in the 20th century, it becomes clear that the enemy, destroying our ports and granaries, is now seeking to use hunger as a weapon. The participants of the meeting came to the conclusion that the truth is the least we can do to honor the victims of hunger. This event should definitely be an impetus for further research into the history of the Holodomor in the Sumy region, which will highlight the true, unbiased history of our native land.

All those present honored the victims of the Holodomor with a minute of silence and lit candles in memory.