HOLODOMOR — the very sound of the word is frightening. Now, say it with intensity in base baritone, as if the word is in upper case, in capital letters, and pronounce each syllable slowly; doesn't it sound terrifying?

HO-LO-DO-MOR. The word is Ukrainian, it is a contraction of two words: "holod," which means hunger, and "mor," which means extermination.

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