01:57Russia: 'Re-writing history of the Holocaust is immoral' - Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed any attempt to conceal or re-write the horrors of the Holocaust, labeling such attempts "immoral" Tuesday. He was speaking at an event at the Jewish Museum in Moscow marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year has special significance because it is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army.
Putin said that the role of the Nazis and their accomplices cannot and must not be "concealed or distorted because these are the facts of history." He referred to followers of the Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera who took part "in the annihilation … of the Jews of Lviv, Odessa, Kiev … as well as Baltic Nazis who conducted ethnic cleansing."
He said that the tragedy of the Holocaust was "a symbol of disaster and pain, merciless brutality and contempt for human life." The Russian leader honoured the memory of those who were tortured and killed by the Nazis while "bowing" before the Red Army who halted, and ultimately destroyed, "the horrible machine of annihilation."
01:57Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed any attempt to conceal or re-write the horrors of the Holocaust, labeling such attempts "immoral" Tuesday. He was speaking at an event at the Jewish Museum in Moscow marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year has special significance because it is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army.
Putin said that the role of the Nazis and their accomplices cannot and must not be "concealed or distorted because these are the facts of history." He referred to followers of the Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera who took part "in the annihilation … of the Jews of Lviv, Odessa, Kiev … as well as Baltic Nazis who conducted ethnic cleansing."
He said that the tragedy of the Holocaust was "a symbol of disaster and pain, merciless brutality and contempt for human life." The Russian leader honoured the memory of those who were tortured and killed by the Nazis while "bowing" before the Red Army who halted, and ultimately destroyed, "the horrible machine of annihilation."