Ambassador: Poland agitating to avoid controversy and of the liberation of Auschwitz
Poland agitating to avoid unnecessarily increasing emotions controversies surrounding the history of the liberation of Auschwitz, said the Ambassador of Poland in the Russian Federation Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalan.
"in connection with the appearance in the Russian media many comments and opinions on the topic of the speech of the Minister of foreign Affairs Grzegorz Schetyna for the first programme of the Polish radio about the release of the soldiers of the 1st Ukrainian front the German Nazi concentration camp and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau" fundamentally Wish to emphasize that Poland is very far removed from the political games around this place, " She said.
Pelczynska-Nolan added that the Polish authorities are extremely seriously and with due respect to the camp, to its release and the tragedy that happened there." For us, this is just a sacred place, for this reason appeal to avoid unnecessarily increasing emotions disputes, yesterday most of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the camp and the international day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, " She said.
" We are fully aware, based on the historical fact that in the ranks of the First Ukrainian Navy red army, opened the gate 27 January 1945, there were Russians, Ukrainians, Jews, and Authorized other Nations, and among them poles. The memory of them and respect for all who took part in the liberation of the camp soldiers indisputable, and there is no attempt either to undermine or invalidate them, " added the Ambassador.
She also said that the Polish side with respect to take authorized by the Russian Federation, as well As all other delegations, who will arrive for the festivities associated with the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
in her expressions, to celebrate this anniversary is extremly important, most importantly, respect for veterans and survivors of former prisoners of this camp.
on Wednesday on Polish radio Schetyna said that the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Auschwitz was liberated by the Ukrainians, because this operation was carried out by forces of the First Ukrainian front. According to the Minister, there were Ukrainian soldiers on that January day, and they opened the gates of the camp, and they liberated the camp ".
Auschwitz is a small town in southern Poland, numbering about 50 thousand inhabitants. At the end of April 1940 on the orders of reichsf?hrer-SS Heinrich Himmler on the outskirts of Auschwitz was established complex of the German concentration camps Auschwitz-Birkenau. Above the entrance to the camp hung the slogan Arbeit macht frei ( "Work makes you free" ).
in 1940-1945 years in concentration camps, has died, according to various estimates, from 1, 5 to 4 million people. The exact number of dead and could not install, As most documents were killed, and the Germans did not maintain records of the victims sent to the gas chambers immediately upon arrival. As shown by the documents of the Nuremberg Tribunal, lost his life 2, 8 million people, 90% of whom were Jews. Read more in
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