For Belarus the memory about the Victory in the Great Patriotic War is sacred. We will never forget about it, Chairman of the State Border Committee of Belarus Anatoly Lappo told the media on 6 May, BelTA has learned.
On 6 May Belarusian border guards laid flowers at a monument near a mass grave in Tolbukhina Boulevard and the memorial “Border Guards of All Generations” in Minsk in the run-up to the Victory Day celebrations. The chairman of the State Border Committee said that the forthcoming date is important for the country. Thanks to the victory, “our country lives and prospers, we bring up our children and grandchildren, grow bread and make advancements in science.”
“For me it is a true holiday, a holiday with tears in the eyes. Both my grandfathers went to the war. They started as partisans. Then they joined the Red Army. One of them was killed. This is our memory. If there were no memory, we would not live like this today. We will never forget,” he added.
Speaking about the contribution of the border guards to the victory, the head of the State Border Committee recalled that the German command initially planned to capture the outposts in 30 minutes. Yet these outposts would hold out for a day, two or more. “This is our memory. Without memory we are nobody," Anatoly Lappo added.
Many border guards will be working on the Victory Day. Those who will be free from service will visit the burial sites, watch patriotic films. In all military units, we will hold ceremonial events, lay flowers to the monuments, Anatoly Lappo said.