MINSK, 1 March (BelTA) – Andrei Savinykh, Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs of the House of Representatives, commented on events to mark the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers in Poland, BelTA learned from the press service of the House of Representatives.
“We regret to learn about commemorative events in honor of the so-called cursed soldiers near the border with our country - in the Polish town of Hajnowka, the place where ethnic Belarusians live. Such actions of radicals, on the one hand, cause regret, on the other hand - growing concern. Nationalist and neo-Nazi movements are gaining ground in Poland. Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf went on sale there in January this year. On 8 February, one of the leaders of a neo-Nazi group was appointed head of the Wroclaw branch of the Institute of National Remembrance, a Polish state agency,” Andrei Savinykh said.
According to the parliamentarian, the Polish authorities are trying to distort the history of World War II and the historical memory of these events. “Thus, in 2011 Poland established the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers to be observed on 1 March every year. Poland is trying to falsely lay the blame for the outbreak of World War II on the Soviet Union, while simultaneously destroying monuments and the very memory of Soviet soldiers who sacrificed their lives to liberate Poland and destroy the brown plague that threatened the entire world. In this context, the initiative to establish the Day of People's Unity put forward at the Belarusian People's Congress is becoming particularly relevant to us, Belarusians,” he said.
