Natalia Dziubenko-mace

Without comprehending their history Ukrainians will never make headway. At best. At worst, they will return to their past. James Mace reiterated this thesis in almost every one of his publications. What had he accomplished during his short life? There is the Institute of National Memory (and...

Another book has just been published as part of The Day’s Library Series. The new publication, entitled James Mace: “Vashi mertvi vybraly mene“ (James Mace: “Your Dead Chose Me”) is Ukraine’s first collection of the major works of this noted US historian, who exposed the truth about the...

(From my American diary) Now I can look back on the events connected with that trip with a sense of humor. To say that we prepared thoroughly for our first family trip is an understatement. I read everything I could get my hands on in Ukraine about the United States: its history, culture, etc. I...

Ukrainian democracy finally pinned our politicians to the wall, and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a resolution recognizing the 1932-33 Holodomor as genocide. This is a great victory of all the patriotic forces, and its importance is difficult to overestimate. Directly or indirectly, this...

As I touch the little box shrubs, violets, and marigolds and look at the surprisingly living photo of a smiling man, which is attached near the cross on the grave of my late husband, in spite of the never-ending pain and bitterness I still feel a shimmer of hope deep in my heart: a sudden rain has...

A documentary on the Great Famine of 1932-33 in Ukraine was recently aired on one of the Ukrainian channels, or so they say. I’m telling you this because my late husband, James Mace, contributed to this film, and in one episode I provided a brief history of the making of Famine ‘33. The...

Amsterdam, Paris, Warsaw, Budapest, Prague, London, Madrid, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Berlin, the remotest parts of the US, Canada, Australia. Ukrainians in this country and throughout the world, including the President, the Chairman of Verkhovna Rada, the Minister of Defense, Ukrainian diplomatic...

Volodymyr Maniak in his Foreword to the book, Holod 33: Narodna Knyha-Memorial [Famine ‘33. The People’s Memorial Book] warned that “this publication is very special, not meant to be read just once. Perceiving the dark chronicles of the Holodomor in Ukraine, in 1932-33, in a consecutive manner, by...