Hunger During Ww2

Around twelve percent of the world’s population are in food insecurity and malnutrition. Yet, many of us don’t understand what it is like to go to bed hungry. Hunger has always existed, and was effecting more people in the developing countries and the minorities. Countries at war, civil unrest, and famine are and always were at a higher risk of food insecurity. In addition, poverty is another factor for food insecurity. Many of those who are not struggling with going hungry to bed, are not aware of this issue and its effects. This paper will focus on the hunger experience of people during and after WWII in the Soviet Union. The main source of food for people during and after WWII were macaroni, grains, and bread, and their main drink was water.

Some days people were able to catch fish. When they did, they ate it in a variety of ways: some preferred to cook it, others were too hungry to waste time and ate it raw. There were times when people were so hungry that they ate their cats, dogs and other pets. In the steppes, some were lucky to find a gopher, or a rat. They were happy to eat anything that they were able to catch to survive: mice, frogs, worms, beetles and other insects. When there were times when people saw a wounded or a dead horse, they had “parties.” This is because one horse can feed many people and it is very rich in iron, zinc, selenium, phosphorus, niacin, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12. Perhaps, one horse’s live was able to save a dozen of

During the harder times periods, people did not eat any food for days. Malnutrition lead many people to bleeding gums, shaking teeth, loss of body mass, weakening of muscles and other tissues, and other more severe health problems. In order to survive themselves and to keep some of their children alive, sometimes parents made a decision to kill their weakest child for food. Cannibalism was also seen in other ways. When people saw a dead, or a fallen person on the street, they tore out his body parts and used them to prepare a meal. Not to mention that food deficiency led people to eating non-eatable objects. Before the hard times began, many people used to make salt-pickled cabbage in the wooden containers. When no more cabbage was left in the barrels, people chopped them apart and cooked with them. This is because barrels had absorbed some salt into them. They were used to add some flavor to the food, and in the harder times, people consumed the left over pieces from the barrels. It wasn’t the only wooden product that they consumed. In the severe famine periods, people crushed wood into smaller pieces and consumed it in order to experience some feeling of satiety. Likewise, people crushed boots and belts into tiny pieces and digested it. In the period of hunger, people were ready for anything giving them some hope of