The Soviet Union took the brunt of the war against fascism and it is a shame that representatives of Russia are excluded from commemorative events. Self-nominated MP Ruth Firmenich said in the European Parliament.
“Today, 80 years ago, Germany was liberated from fascism. Today we should thank the liberators from the Soviet Union, the United States, Great Britain and France, as well as the partisans who fought for our freedom. It was the Soviet Union that bore the brunt of the fight against Hitler’s fascism,” Ruth Firmenich said from the rostrum of the European Parliament on May 8.
She noted that more than 27 million Soviet people died in the Nazi campaign designed to enslave and destroy the Slavic peoples.
“About one million – in the siege of Leningrad alone. Yet the German government refuses to recognize this crime as genocide. The historical truth is under threat,” the parliamentarian believes.
Unfortunately, there are also attempts in this parliament to downplay the role of the Soviet Union in the victory over Nazi Germany, she said.
“But it was the Red Army that liberated the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen near Berlin. It is shameful when representatives of Russia, the largest successor country to the Soviet Union, are excluded from commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation. We must not allow history to be distorted. This is our obligation to the millions of victims of German fascism,” Ruth Firmenich added.
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