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| Zakharova calls the removal of the inscription about the victims of the bombing in Dresden an act of vandalism |
| 2024-01-17 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova condemned the removal of the inscription dedicated to the victims of the US and British bombings against civilians in Dresden. “In front of the surprised public, the following inscription was erased with a grinder from the monument to the victims of the Anglo-American bombing against the civilian population of Dresden in the very center of the city: “This is a place of memories, remembrance and commemoration. Here lie the burned bodies of thousands of victims of the air raids of February 13 and 14, 1945. Then the horror of war returned to our city, spreading from Germany throughout the world,” Maria Zakharova wrote in Telegram. In her post, the Russian Foreign Ministry recalled the circumstances under which the bombing of civilians took place. “Let me remind you that in February 1945, the Third Reich was already living out the last days of its shameful history: the Red Army was liberating the country from the east, and the allied contingent from the northwest. Both in Moscow and in London and Washington there was already a mature understanding that liberated Germany would, at least temporarily, be occupied by the troops of the anti-Hitler coalition. And then a plan matured at the headquarters of the Anglo-American allies: to bomb the cities that would be in the Soviet zone of influence as much as possible,” explained the Foreign Ministry representative. In this regard, Maria Zakharova called for the restoration of the inscription on the monument in Dresden. As Regnum reported, the State Duma of the Russian Federation condemned Bulgaria’s intention to dismantle the monument to the Soviet soldier-liberator “Alyosha” in Plovdiv. The corresponding statement says that such an initiative is “an open demonstration of disdain for the history of one’s country, a vile attempt to outrage the common historical memory of our fraternal peoples.” Parliamentarians noted that this initiative would bring an indelible shame to its authors and the authorities of Plovdiv. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 From bench to column? Good to know, European Conservative. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-01-17 21:27 |
| #2 Actually the inscription was moved from a bench, where it was obscured by people sitting on it, to a column. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2024-01-17 16:43 |
| #1 How about an inscription in memory of all of the civilians (especially women) murdered by the Russians as they invaded Berlin? Or one for all of the Poles killed by the Russians while they were still allied with the Nazis? |
| Posted by: Too Old To Work 2024-01-17 11:11 |