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[Regnum] On April 19, Russia celebrated the Day of United Action in memory of the genocide of the Soviet people by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War.
On this day 81 years ago, Decree No. 39 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was issued “On punitive measures for Nazi villains guilty of murder and torture of the Soviet civilian population and captured Red Army soldiers, for spies, traitors to the Motherland from among Soviet citizens and for their accomplices.”
It became the first fact of recognition of the purposeful and large-scale policy of the Nazis and their accomplices to exterminate civilians in the occupied territory and the punishability of such crimes, as well as the legal basis for the work to establish and investigate Nazi crimes against the Soviet people, which had been carried out since November 1942.
Every year on April 19, Russia celebrates the Day of United Action. In Russian regions, a set of commemorative events are held in schools, universities, scientific and cultural institutions, regional and municipal institutions, and non-profit organizations.
This year, the preparation was carried out by the National Center of Historical Memory under the President together with the ANO Agency for Social Technologies and Communications, OOD Search Movement of Russia, Moscow State Pedagogical University, Federal State Budgetary Institution Rospatriototsentr and 144 regional representatives.
Each region has its own characteristics and local components. In the regions that were under the occupation of the Nazi invaders, there are places that bear witness to the terrible crimes of the Nazis.
“April 19 is the day of united action for the unique project “Without a Statute of Limitations.” This is not only a significant date in preserving historical memory, the memory of the victims of genocide, but also concern for the future: about human values and global meanings of the younger generation,” said Elena Rodionova, first deputy chairman of the Public Chamber commission on volunteerism and youth policy.
She noted that the memory of the Great Patriotic War is dear to every resident of Russia. For four years in Russia, within the framework of the “No Statute of Limitations” project, work has been going on in order to prevent the repetition of Nazi crimes.
“Knowing and understanding the concepts of “fascism”, “Nazism”, “genocide” means preventing this from happening in the future. Over the years of implementation, this most important topic has become everyone’s business. The work of those who do more than they should,” Rodionova said.
This year, the Day of United Action was held in a multi-format mode. In the regions, original events were held dedicated to preserving the memory of the genocide of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War.
First Deputy Chairman of the Public Chamber Commission on Volunteering and Youth Policy Elena Rodionova
A presentation of publications about the genocide of the Soviet people took place in Moscow. The search movement launched the “We Remember” campaign, within which dozens of videos were published.
A number of events were held on April 18–19 at the site of the Mordovian State Pedagogical University. A thematic session “Without a Statute of Limitations” is taking place in Artek: the children visited the Memorial to the Victims of the Nazi Occupation of Crimea 1941–1944 “Red Concentration Camp”.
On April 19, participants of the All-Russian project “Keepers of History” laid flowers and set up guards of honor at mass graves and monuments. Victory volunteers held the All-Russian action “No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten.”
In the center of folk culture of the city of Yeisk in the Krasnodar Territory, the premiere of the play “On behalf of the dead,” based on real events, took place. Children from the Makeevka amateur theater showed the residents of Rostov-on-Don a play about the horrors of Nazi concentration camps, “Remember Your Name.”
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The vote on the resolution on “genocide” in Srebrenica at the upcoming UN General Assembly threatens to devalue the term “genocide”, as well as the authority of the international organization, former Prime Minister and Speaker of the Serbian Parliament Ana Brnabic said at a briefing.
“For the first time, such a serious issue as genocide will be decided by a simple vote,” she said.
Brnabic added that the topic of genocide was raised only twice on the agenda of the UN General Assembly. According to her, Israeli historians Yehuda Bauer and Efraim Zuroff say that a war crime occurred in Srebrenica, but there was no genocide.
As the former prime minister suggested, the term “genocide” may then lose its meaning. She even added that some people probably wish the word didn't mean anything anymore.
A vote on the resolution proposed by Germany and Rwanda, which also includes a ban on denying the fact of genocide, is expected on May 2.
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On July 11, 1995, Republika Srpska troops under the command of General Ratko Mladic entered Srebrenica, which had the status of a zone protected by UN forces. After this, the Serbs were accused of allegedly killing unarmed Bosnian Muslims. Various experts note that most of those killed during the battles for Srebrenica were soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina announced its secession from Yugoslavia in 1992, after which a war began in the republic with the participation of Bosnian Muslims, Serbs and Croats, which lasted until 1995. The numbers of victims of those events vary from five to 27 thousand killed Muslims.
In 2019, Serbia formed an independent international commission of inquiry into what happened in and around Srebrenica between 1992 and 1995 to provide a comprehensive and unbiased analysis of events in the region.
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