A fabricação de um genocídio: Ewald Ammende e sua atuação na repercussão da Grande Fome de 1932-33

Abstract

This work aims to explain the publication Human Life in Russia by Ewald Ammende (1892- 1936), its relevance to the discussion about the Great Soviet Famine of 1932-1933 and author’s ideological connection with this event. Ammende worked as a journalist and was politically active in Europe during the Interwar Period on behalf of ethnic-national minorities spread across several European countries, especially Germans, who constituted significant populations since France. to Russia. Through his political and journalistic activities, Ammende was one of the voices that sought to publicize the Great Famine of 1932-1933 during and after the events, firstly with journalistic texts and, soon after, with a book entitled Human Life in Russia. This repercussion promoted by Ammende, who repeatedly stated that it was for humanitarian reasons, was quite biased and had a specific objective: to compromise the position of the Soviet Union and isolate it against the Western Powers. The exposition of this article will also seek to demonstrate the problems present in Ewald Ammende's work and try to elucidate its historiographical importance.