"Auschwitz Ceremony Lays Bare Russian Tension With Europe" Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 Jan 2015 11:22 p.m. PST |
"On the eve of international commemorations to mark the liberation of Auschwitz, the normally somber event has been overshadowed by an escalating dispute over the history of the Nazi death camp's liberation. On January 27, 1945, soldiers of the 100th and 107th Soviet rifle divisions freed the prisoners of Auschwitz. The soldiers were members of what was known as the Ukrainian Front -- a geographic military designation rather than a name reflecting the force's national composition. But a senior official in Kyiv is now crediting Ukrainian soldiers for shouldering most of the work of liberating inmates at the camp, echoing earlier statements by Poland's foreign minister that have enraged Russia…"
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| jpattern2 | 25 Jan 2015 9:11 a.m. PST |
Based on that article, I have to side with the Russians on this one. |
| tuscaloosa | 25 Jan 2015 9:35 p.m. PST |
Pretty petty to claim it was Ukrainians who liberated the camp. On the other hand, the Red Army didn't intend to liberate the camp. It's just that the camp happened to lie between them and Berlin. Lots of other German camps were up and running under Soviet control within weeks after "liberation". |
| Mako11 | 26 Jan 2015 12:53 a.m. PST |
Anything the poke the Russian bear, I suspect, given the current fighting. |
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