Leukha, Mykhailo

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Mykhailo Leukha (b. cir. 1915), Author

Volodymyr Maniak

, Recipient

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Letter sent from: Boromlia, Trostianets raion, Sumy oblast
Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Boromlia, Trostianets raion, Kharkiv oblast
Current location name: Boromlia, Trostianets raion, Sumy oblast

The author was born cir. 1915 and was 18 years old in 1933.

His father died when he was young. Their family was poor and one of the first to join “Soz” (a predecessor of the collective farm).

They were subject to food confiscation for failing to fulfill the second grain requisition quota. His own uncle took all the grain from their family, causing his own father, the author's grandfather, to die of hunger.

The author believes that his town needs a memorial to the dead. Definitely more than 1,000 people died in the town, which before the 1930s was home to about 12,000 people and now has 7,000. He is supportive of the publishing of the memorial book and is ready to donate his pension to the cause.

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