Did 7 million people die in the Great Depression?

Originally Answered: Did 7 million Americans starved to death during the Great Depression? It is entirely possible to find seven million deaths in America during the Depression caused by all the maladies of the times, particularly those relating to the Dust Bowl.

Did people suffer from malnutrition during the Great Depression?

Said one childhood survivor of the Great Depression, “You get used to hunger. After the first few days it doesn’t even hurt; you just get weak.” In 1931 alone, there were at least twenty documented cases of starvation; in 1934, that number grew to 110.

How many people starved to death in the Great Depression?

I was trying to look this up earlier and could not easily find reliable information on the internet, mostly due to a new popular claimthat 7 million people starved to death in the Great Depression!

Did millions starve in America in the 1930s?

So yes millions clearly starved in America but William Randolph Hearst didn’t want you to hear about it but he did want you to hear about a phantom genocide (but genuine famine) in Ukraine and other areas of the ussr in the early 30’s

Did 7 million Americans die in a famine in the 1930s?

This is a longer post, but it corrects the false and misleading information about 7 million Americans dying in a famine in the 1930s. If you read until the end, you will find out how this pro-Russia, anti-America “news” outlet allowed a man to post his twisted understanding of historical facts to fit his own narrative.

Is it true that no one starved to death?

Otherwise, for the most part, what I could find were claims that no one starved to death, which are mostly predicated on the idea that all the deaths that seem like starvation are really severe malnutrition. According to the UN, malnutrition is still the leading cause of death in the world today.