Dear Editor:
Sixty-five years ago Dr. Raphael Lemkin – the “father of the United Nations Genocide Convention” – described the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine as a genocide. A plaque to be unveiled in New York City at the Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA) on September 20 will be the first English, Ukrainian, Yiddish and Hebrew historical marker in the world.
The plaque is a project of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation, working in conjunction with the UIA. Our total budget is $15,000. To date we have raised $10,300. So, the UCCLF needs your help to complete this project. Your donation of $25 or more is tax-deductible. For $50 or more donors will receive a copy of Dr. Lemkin’s historic speech, “Soviet Genocide in the Ukraine” and a tax receipt.
Please go online to donate at www.ucclf.ca or send a check made payable to UCCLF to 48 Wood Crest Close SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2W 3P9.
Thanks for your support.
Calgary, Alberta
The letter writer is treasurer of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association.