Steinmeier warns against ignoring the lessons of history

This was mentioned by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on January 29 at a special session in the base, where the state’s top management, legislators and a special Ukrainian guest, former prisoner of Jewish ghetto, Roman Schwarzman, honored the memory of the memory of the memory of The memory victims of national socialism reports a Ukrinform correspondent.

“Historical truth simply cannot be hidden! We must meet this truth over and over again. And we must not stop telling future generations about it … our generation’s task is to work against forgetting likes it or not, it is a part of our identity, ”the German president emphasized.

He noted that what the Germans and their accomplices did on the territory of modern Ukraine was an extermination campaign that began even before the Germans implemented their plan to systematically murder European Jews in death camps.

“Jewish life was destroyed in Odesa, in Babyn Yar, in Chernivtsi, in Kherson, near Kharkiv, in Dnipro. We are obliged to honor the memory of the victims with dignity. We will not forget them, ”Steinmeier promised.

The leader of the state emphasized that Putin is waging “a terrible war against Ukraine, against its freedom and independence, against the people of Ukraine.”

He thanked Roman Schwarzman for getting far from his hometown of Odesa, which was attacked by Russia, and assured that Germany supports the Ukrainian in his work to preserve memory and create a museum to commemorate the victims. Steinmeier and Schwarzman had already discussed the memorial when they met four years ago.

Steinmeier also noticed a worrying tendency for memorials, including those in Germany who were attacked and desired. These attacks are aimed at scare, destroy and ultimately discredit memory and rewrite the story, he is convinced.

The politician warned against forgetting or minimizing the crimes in the Holocaust as well as against attacks on today’s democracy, spreading animosity, violence and misanthropy.

“Take the enemies of democracy seriously … We live in a time of decision making. It is in our hands to preserve what we have achieved and protect our democracy.” Let’s not roll back to the dark times, “Steinmeier called.

On the anniversary of the Auschwitz -Freemen, the German parliament traditionally commemorates millions of people deprived of their rights, persecuted and killed by the Nazi regime.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the release of Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camp. Memorials were held at the Memorial Center at the site of the former camp in Poland, participated by Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelensky.