The information is not boring, in fact, it is very chatty. Today's topic of conversation begins with a recent European Union commemoration of World War II, about real history and false memory.
The Soviet army has become an allied army, and the credit has been transferred?
On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp in Poland. In November 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated 27 January as the International Day of Remembrance in memory of the victims of the United Nations.
On January 26, local time, the European Commission** issued a press release from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the statement on this anniversary.
One sentence in it makes those who know this history a little trance: "On January 27, 1945, the Allies liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. ”
The official website of the European Commission: "On January 27, 1945, the Allies liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. ”
The Soviet army became an allied army, and the identity of the liberator could fly over the Pacific Ocean.
The Russian delegation to the European Union posted on social media on the 27th, calling on the European Commission to correct it, "It was the Soviet Red Army that liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, not the Allies."
The Russian delegation to the European Union posted a screenshot on social **.
However, as of January 29, Beijing time, the European Commission's press release to the Allies was still intact.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called in a press release that "we must remember how it all began: anti-Semitism and hatred led to the big **".
On the one hand, it calls for history to be remembered, but at the same time, it makes mistakes in writing history and is slow to correct it. I have to sigh that such a commemoration is quite a bit of a sense of time and space.
Faced with the mistake, the EU "selectively changed".
We don't know why there is such a historical error in this news article on the official website of the European Commission. However, the Russian side has clearly pointed out its mistake, and the EU's failure to revise it is somewhat deliberate.
In stark contrast, a commemorative paragraph posted by the President of the European Commission, von der Leyen, on the social ** platform on the 27th**, was ** by Poland for mistakenly linking the extermination camp of the Auschwitz death camp with Poland rather than Nazi Germany. In this regard, on the 28th, the title of ** was changed to "Auschwitz, German Nazi extermination camp".
The Associated Press reports: After Poland**, the European Commission changed its social ** posts about Auschwitz.
Europe "lost its memory" to World War II, and American cinema "owes a lot of credit".
In fact, some people in Europe or in the West have gradually erased the historical existence of the Soviet Union in World War II, believing that the Allied forces, especially the United States, "made the greatest achievements" in World War II.
A survey published in 2015 by the French polling agency Institut ** (ifop) spanning several decades is instructive.
The survey asked, "Which country do you think played a decisive role in the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II?" ”
The results show that in 1945, 57 percent of French people believed that the Soviet Union played a decisive role in the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, 20 percent the United States, and 12 percent the United Kingdom.
However, in 2015, the same question turned out to be 54% of French people who believed that the United States played a decisive role in the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, 23% of the Soviet Union, and 18% of the British people.
Chart produced by les-crisis** France based on the results of the IFOP survey.
History is still that history, but some people's "memory" of history is very different.
In 2019, an AFP report cited the findings and analyzed the cause – the Cold War.
The report quoted Grimaldi, director of the World War II Memorial Museum in Caen, France, as saying that "in 1945, the great allies were Stalin and the Soviet Union - their role was absolutely clear to the French", "but 50 years later, the United States won, for the simple reason that during this period we experienced the Cold War".
The report also put forward the concept of the "Hollywood effect" - American films are considered to be one of the driving forces of "changing history".
Hollywood helped change perceptions, and beginning in the 1960s, a series of hit films showcased brave Americans fighting in Europe far from home, the report said. The United States is shaping itself on the screen how it wins the war. For example, the film "The Longest Day" about the Normandy landings, as well as "Saving Private Ryan".
Screenshot of the report of France 24 TV **.
Forgetting history means betrayal.
For remembering history, I would like to talk about the recent period, Harbin and other Northeast tourist destinations are very hot, and many people are moved by the endless stream of visitors to one of these places, that is, the 731st Unit of the Japanese Invasion of China.
Remembering history does not mean carrying heavy burdens. Just like the design of the exit of the 731st Unit of the Japanese Invasion of China, on the basis of remembering history, people should move towards the light and leave the darkness behind.
But to forget history means betrayal, and it is possible to fall into the abyss again.
Now, in the context of the Cold War mentality, NATO is continuing to ignite the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and extending its hand of war to Asia, colluding with Japan, which launched a war of aggression in World War II.
At this moment, looking at those actions that are "amnesiac" or "deliberate" against history, we have to be vigilant. Some people choose to forget, or only remember their own history and turn a blind eye to the suffering of other peoples, perhaps because they have already bred in their hearts the calculation of war.