Historian: the message of the head of the Polish foreign Ministry about Auschwitz unhistorical
The phrase of the head of the foreign Ministry of Poland Grzegorz Schetyna about the fact that Ukrainians have liberated the concentration camp at Auschwitz is nonsense, it is historically incorrect, says scientist, University of Vienna, specialist during the Second world war Matthias Kaltenbrunner.
on Wednesday on Polish radio, Minister of foreign Affairs of Poland Grzegorz 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. This statement caused a wave of indignation. The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov Century said that trying to play on some nationalist feelings in this situation absolutely blasphemous and obscene. In the Russian foreign Ministry noted that we All know that Auschwitz was liberated by the troops of the red Army, which fought heroically all nationalities.
" This phrase, of course, nonsense, It is historically incorrect because Ukrainian front was not ethnic Ukrainians. There were citizens of different nationalities, the Soviet citizens ", - said Last news Kaltenbrunner, the Creator of the book "Escape from Barack death on mass Soviet prisoners of war escape from a concentration camp" Mauthausen ".
According to Kaltenbrunner, the Liberation of Europe from fascism Is a feat of Russians, Ukrainians and other peoples of the Soviet Union.
" I, as a historian always stand for the right to use historical terms. In no event it is impossible to confuse the Russian Federation with the Soviet Union and the Russians from the Soviet people in a positive or negative attitude. The liberation of Europe from fascism is a great Russians, Ukrainians, and all other peoples of the Soviet Union, " said the historian.
the 1st Ukrainian front was formed on the South-Western direction 20 October 1943 by renaming the Voronezh front. His new name was not on the national soldiers and officers, and in the direction of solving strategic problems.
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