“In 1932. It was called the Holodomor. Millions died.
My grandfather fled the country and that is why I am here today.”
I’m glad your grandfather made it out. Which part of the Ukraine? Western I’m guessing. Did he have to evade the NKVD?
Details are not available, never got to speak to the guy (dad-side grandfather and dad divorced mom young), but mom told me the general story. He must have been to the west.