Holodomor

Queue for bread outside a Torgsin shop in Kharkiv, 1933

Queue for bread outside a Torgsin shop in Kharkiv, 1933

During the famine, peasants leave their village and head toward the city in the hope of finding food. The photograph is one of the rare visual documents of the Holodomor.

During the famine, peasants leave their village and head toward the city in the hope of finding food. The photograph is one of the rare visual documents of the Holodomor.

Girl – victim of the famine. Kharkiv, 1933

Portrait of a starving girl during the Holodomor in Kharkiv in 1933. The photograph is one of the rare visual documents of the famine of 1932–1933 in Ukraine.

Victims of the famine. Kharkiv region, 1933

Victims of the famine during the Holodomor in the Kharkiv region in 1933. The photograph is one of the rare visual documents of the famine of 1932–1933 in Ukraine.

Site of a mass grave of famine victims. Kharkiv region, 1933

Site of a mass grave of famine victims during the Holodomor in the Kharkiv region in 1933. The photograph is one of the rare visual documents of the famine of 1932–1933 in Ukraine.

“It is strictly forbidden to bury people here.” Notice on the outskirts of Kharkiv, 1933

A notice on the outskirts of Kharkiv during the Holodomor in 1933 stating “It is strictly forbidden to bury people here.” The photograph is one of the rare visual documents of the famine of 1932–1933 in Ukraine.