Cemetery for Wehrmacht soldiers opened in Russia
Published: 17 October, 2009, 23:21
Edited: 18 December, 2009, 10:22
TAGS: Conflict, Russia, Hate crimes, History
A new cemetery has been opened in central Russia, but this one is a bit different from others across the country: The site honors the German soldiers killed in Russia during World War II.
Almost 25,000 Germans have already been buried in a cemetery near the village Besedino in Kursk Region, in a move Russia hopes will be viewed as a sign of reconciliation.
However, the decision to build the cemetery was not easy, the governor of the Kursk region Aleksandr Mikhailov told Vesti TV Channel. He noted that the Nazi occupation of Kursk destroyed over 300 villages in the region, leaving thousands dead or homeless.
“Still, the region administration and our war veterans find the building of the cemetery timely,” Mikhailov said. The governor explained that the site will not only become a place of memory and mourning, but will also contribute to understanding and reconciliation between Russia and Germany.
The ceremony was attended by relatives of those who lost their lives during the war.
It is the 11th cemetery of its kind in Russia, and for local residents it represents forgiveness.
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What a majestic gesture toward an ex foe ---who were incedibly brutal to the Russian people! I'm sure it must have been a controversial undertaking. And to Mr. Sturhahn --Hitler said repeatedly that he viewed the war with Britain as fratricidal & that his true enemy was Stalin and the "untermensch" Slavs...also I suggest You read Himmlers plans for the conquered territories.He intended to keep only 30 million or so Slavs alive to work as slaves for the 3rd Reich...all the rest were to be terminated or deported east of the Urals.And that is historical FACT --which can be checked in the archives of the Nazis themselves or on numerous websites!
October 19, 2009, 23:51, Otto Sturhahn wrote > Even Hitler thought of the Russian people as a Noble race. Germany was not at War with Russia. Germany was at War with the Capitalist oligarchs from England and the USA. These where the ones that pulled all the strings. The Russian Government at that time was ruled mostly by foreign oligarchs, not Russians. More than 200 came from Switzerland and more than 370 from the USA. These where the ones that committed most of the atrocities, for which some people blame the Russians. I now know who the real culprits are. Are you kidding me? Hitler and the Nazis not only saw the Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe, Russia included, as inferior, they wanted to enslave the Slavs and colonize the area to claim living room for the "Aryans." The war on the Eastern Front was, for all intents and purposes, an ideological war, one that the Nazis waged because of their deranged, racist ideology. With that said, this is a very noble and moving act on the part of the Russians, and I have only respect and admiration for them for doing this.
This gesture proves once again that the Russians have a GREAT SOUL.