History reminds us that the horrors in Ukraine are familiar. And we can learn from history to ensure a peaceful future
Like President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government, the Ukrainian state that was established in the wake of the Russian revolutions fought rampant corruption, worked to unify the country and sought to join the European community of nations. It promised equal treatment for all minorities living within Ukraine and even established a cabinet-level Ministry of Jewish Affairs with an elected representative of the Jewish people.
When the Soviet government secured control over the region in 1921, it punished the individual perpetrators of violence, but then expanded the blame to the entire nation of Ukraine, brandishing ordinary peasants as criminals and punishing the region with forced grain requisitions that led to a famine, the Holodomor, killing millions. Many ordinary Ukrainians, for their part, continued to blame the Jews for the ills of communism.
When the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union in June, 1941, and initiated the mass shootings that signalled the onset of the Holocaust, they drew upon existing language and patterns from the previous conflict. Each bloodletting facilitated the next.First, the current violence must be stopped.
Third, entire nations must not be demonized for crimes committed in their name. Those responsible – and only those responsible – should be prosecuted. The imposition of collective punishment must not become a pretext for the next conflict.
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