There are few things as nightmarish as working in a field of grain while starving, but that is the fate that befell the people of the Ukraine in the years of 1932-1933. The word Holodomor is derived from the Ukrainian words for hunger (holod) and extermination (mor). This is a accurate description of the situation. Death, hunger and genocide are not topics that are easily discussed in polite company, but in this episode, Robin tells us the story of Holodomor; a heartbreaking tale of famine, loss and starvation.

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