Russian President Vladimir Putin on Mondaypraised Soviet soldiers for ending the overall evil of Auschwitz, 80 years after the Red Army liberated the Nazi death camp.Auschwitz, the largest Nazi extermination camp, has actually become a symbol of the Holocaust, throughout which Nazi Germany killed 6 million European Jews.
One million Jews died at Auschwitz in between 1940 and 1945, along with more than 100,000 non-Jewish victims.Soviet troops found 7,000 survivors when they showed up on Jan.
27, 1945.
The UN recognizes Auschwitzs liberation as Holocaust Remembrance Day.We will constantly remember that it was the Soviet soldier who crushed this awful, overall evil and won the success [of World War II], the success of which will permanently stay in world history, Putin stated in a statement released by the Kremlin.This years commemoration event in Poland omitted Russia, which has actually been barred from participating because it released the full-scale intrusion of Ukraine.Putin explained Russian people as the direct descendants and successors of the Soviet accomplishment, vowing to firmly oppose efforts to reword the legal and moral verdict against Nazi wrongdoers and collaborators.Well do everything we can to avoid the spread of anti-Semitism, Russophobia and other racist ideologies, Putin added in the statement on Monday, echoing the Kremlins frequent claims of hostility toward Russian citizens, language and culture in the West.Putin bought troops into neighboring Ukraine almost 3 years ago with the specified function of denazifying and demilitarizing the country.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, attending the Auschwitz commemoration alongside other European leaders on Monday, provided a require unity versus evil in his anniversary statement.We need to overcome the hatred that triggers abuse and murder.
We should avoid forgetfulness.
And it is everybodys mission to do whatever possible to avoid evil from winning, stated Zelensky, who is Jewish.AFP contributed reporting.