TIL During the Leningrad siege, 28 scientists chose to die of hunger while protecting the seed vault at the Vavilov Institute rather than eating the seeds - Upgoat

TIL During the Leningrad siege, 28 scientists chose to die of hunger while protecting the seed vault at the Vavilov Institute rather than eating the seeds
submitted by Conspirologist to whatever 6 monthsOct 12, 2024 12:43:40 ago (+15/-3) (www.grunge.com)
https://www.grunge.com/954712/the-battle-of-leningrads-unexpected-heroes-were-scientists-who-starved-themselves-to-death/

Following Germanic migration into the Ukraine, they promptly turned the region into modern Europe's bread basket during the czar period. How many Germanic-Ukrainian farmers had their entire inventory confiscated at soviet gun point during the Holodomor before ww2, or their great patriotic war? How many bellies in western and central Europe were fed while the people producing those crops died in the east, simply because they were German descent?

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