🩸 “Don’t Eat Your Children”: The Cannibalism Posters of Soviet-Era Hell

The Holodomor: Ukraine, 1932–1933

This wasn’t a famine caused by weather.
It was man-made starvation, engineered by Stalin’s Soviet regime to punish Ukrainian resistance and independence.

Millions died.

Some slowly.
Some violently.
And some… from what they were forced to become.

🍽️ Yes. People ate each other.

It’s one of the most horrific and real cases of cannibalism in modern history.
So widespread, so desperate, that the Soviet government had to start putting up propaganda posters with warnings:

"To eat your own children is a barbarian act."

They had to tell people… not to consume their families.

Because it was happening everywhere.

💀 What Caused It?

• Stalin’s policies confiscated all grain and food from Ukrainian farmers

• Entire villages were starved into submission

• People ate grass. Bark. Leather. Pets.

• When even that ran out, humanity began to unravel

📜 First-hand Reports (if you dare):

• Mothers suffocating infants… and then cooking them

• Children going missing in the night

• One woman reported trading a finger for a cup of flour

And here’s the coldest part?
Speaking about it was illegal.

For decades, survivors were silenced.
Archives were hidden.
Even using the word “Holodomor” was considered a crime.

🖼️ What Did the Posters Look Like?

• Often illustrated in grim, Soviet-style realism

• A weeping mother over a pot

• Children screaming in horror

• Text warning that cannibalism was punishable by death

Not out of compassion.
But to maintain control.
Because when people start eating their own, even the regime loses grip.

🕯️ Why Talk About This?

Because history isn’t just about kings and wars.
It’s about how dark humanity gets when power crushes the soul.

This isn’t folklore.
It’s what happens when control outweighs compassion.

And some spirits?
They never rest.
There are still homes in rural Ukraine where locals swear the famine never left.