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Tango01 | 24 Apr 2020 9:39 p.m. PST |
… Jewish statehood. "During the inauguration of a memorial to the victims of the Siege of Leningrad in Jerusalem's Sacher Park on January 24, 2020, before the climax of Holocaust remembrance events at which Russian President Vladimir Putin was given a central platform, we were stunned to hear a rendition of The Blue Kerchief (Siniy Platochek). True, the song was an unofficial anthem of the Red Army in World War II. But its origin belies the version of history that Putin is promoting in his war of narratives against Poland. It also brought to mind an almost forgotten chapter in which the vagaries of war juxtaposed Israeli and Polish history. After the event, Yad Vashem apologized for showing a video to world leaders at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum that neglected to mention the Soviet Union's occupation of Polish territory in 1939, enabled by its non-aggression deal with Nazi Germany – the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact – while accusing Poland of responsibility for World War II…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Jcfrog | 25 Apr 2020 3:41 a.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 25 Apr 2020 12:49 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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