Sorrow and joy in the day of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest ghetto
Andrei Zolotov. Ogromneishee synagogue of Europe on the street house in the Hungarian capital was on a Sunday the place for special celebrations. Here stressed the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest ghetto: remembered the dead And thanked the liberators of the surviving soldiers of the red army. On this occasion in Budapest came the people's actor of the USSR Joseph Kobzon And the song And dance Ensemble of the Russian army named Century A. Alexandrov.
" We Remember how they were killed sanctuary, And We Remember the horrors of the Shoah. And We Remember our friends. Remember those who appeared at the gate of the ghetto in the form of the red army And brought Us life. Today We remember precisely the moment when the collapsed fence And into the cold January leaked the summer, " he said in the event the chief Rabbi of the synagogue Robert fr?hlich.
the head of the community Andras, Kessler recalled that the liberators ghetto found 3 thousand nepokorennyh corpses. More than 100 thousand people were deported from here to the camps of death, the most important thing in Auschwitz-Birkenau, a few months After the beginning of the occupation by Nazi forces allied Hungary. But tens of thousands of people survived.
in fenced by a wall And barbed wire ghetto to send Hungarian Jews in the death camp was about 70 thousand people at the time of release, 18 January 1945, recalled in his own speech the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Hungary Vladimir Sergeev.
"There is documentary evidence that specifically before the arrival of the Soviet army Nazi captors had planned undermining to liquidate the ghetto And his prisoners," said the Ambassador. Their destruction tore soldiers 151 Zhmerynka division of the 3rd Ukrainian front, broke the resistance of the guard And entered the ghetto exactly 70 years ago.
According to Hessler, before the organizers of the celebrations was a difficult question is how to separate the sorrow with happiness. In the end, decided to divide the event into two parts. The first part was done the funeral. During his sermon, the Rabbi was asked to lead the elderly, survivors of war. Under the arches built in the middle of the XIX century in the Moorish style synagogue echoed deep bass chief Cantor singing the funeral prayer.
And then on the Central dais of applause, which were one of the leaders of the liberal opposition, former Prime Minister Felix gyurcs?ny, the ambassadors of the USA, the UK, France And other employees of the foreign Ministry, invited specially arrived from Russia 2 members of the liberation of the Budapest ghetto - Lev Katsevich And Yuri Eltekova. The culmination of the event in which the majority of participants were Not able to hold back the tears, was the moment when the elderly - veterans veterans embraced with survivors of the ghetto.
"The Jewish population of Budapest with eternal gratitude remembers the soldiers of the Soviet army, because on January 18, 45 year they helped to abandon the death of the humiliated And insulted people living behind the walls of the ghetto," said former prisoner Tibor Hofmann.
" Soviet soldiers were Not allowed to fulfill the plans And desires of the Nazis. Most soldiers-heroes have paid with their lives to fight this evil. We Remember Them Today. Us These Soviet soldiers brought liberation And life. We Express our gratitude to Them for life!" "he continued.
the head of the Moscow Council of veterans of war Vyacheslav Klickovic recalled that during the liberation of Hungary gave the lives of More than 140 thousand Soviet soldiers And 344 thousand soldiers were injured. According to the defense Ministry, in the area of the country Today 1033 Soviet military cemeteries. The names of only a part buried in them known." I hope that humanity will take into account These losses And will Not allow more revival of fascism in the EU And in the world, " said Lackovic.
According to Russian Ambassador to Hungary Sergeeva, RF remember Not only the salvation of the Budapest ghetto.
" We Remember And the number 6 million is an awful statistics attempts the final solution of the Jewish question. We are delighted that the joint fathers, grandfathers And great-grandfathers were released as well And one of the largest factories of death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau - Auschwitz. We believe that a matter of conscience And honor the living to remember about these terrible events And to prevent Their recurrence, " said the Ambassador. These historical facts " in favor of political interests often distorted And suppressed ", he said.
The Ambassador expressed gratitude to the state Corporation " Rosatom ", which helped to bring on the celebrations in Budapest Joseph Kobzon And the Alexandrov Ensemble.
The speech ended, And on the Central dais of the synagogue, before the ark containing the Torah, were artists in uniform - the song And dance Ensemble of the Russian army named Century A. Alexandrov. Sounded the famous "Holy war" And " Nightingales ", "may waltz" And " the Amur waves ", But there was a song in Hebrew, And "Czardas" by Monti performed balalaika player Konstantin Ignatyev.
Joseph Kobzon began his speech with " Manu Shalom Aleichem ", continued his "Cranes" And " the Song of front driver ". And "Hava Nagila" was clapping to the beat.
"I Want to sing a song, which, unfortunately, was born here in the Budapest ghetto," said the actor, And sounded shrill melody of the song-prayers "Eli, Eli" (Lord, Lord).
No cost program And without the well-known " Victory Day ", And " Moscow nights ", in the last verse of this song Kobzon sang " We shouldn't forget These Budapest winter evenings, And the audience burst into applause.
After the concert there was a ceremony of laying wreaths And stones to the memorial of the Budapest ghetto at the side wall of the synagogue.
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