Stefan Horlatsch survived the Holodomor as a 12-year-old boy.
Horlatsch's family had their land in the Zaporizhia region of eastern Ukraine, livestock and grain forcibly seized by Soviet authorities during the famine-genocide. Eleven members of his family perished.
The retired teacher from High Park pleaded for the world to offer its compass on in the form of immediate aid to Somalia.
"Ten-million Ukrainians perished. Ten million," Horlatsch said. "That is the population of Canada at the time. As a survivor, I say to the world: 'Be kind. Save Somalia.'"
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Source: Inside Toronto
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