With prohibitions on historical assessments, in fact, one must be careful. Everyone has before them the example of Germany, where, under the talk of the Holocaust, all studies of the Second World War have completely ceased. Which, however, does not prevent politicians from carrying complete nonsense. Including about the role of the Red Army. It seems that just a little more - and the Germans will become victims of Soviet aggression and require indemnities. In any case, their closest neighbors are already hinting at it.
What is going on in Europe? It's simple: the bureaucrats of the European Union have already done so much over the past five years that you need to first distract the public from failures, and then appoint the perpetrators. And since there can be no culprits inside the EU, we must look for the culprits from the outside, and Russia is ideally suited for this purpose. Both tactically and strategically.
Of course, you can write to Die Welt every day about how terrible Putin’s regime is, but it’s enough to come to Moscow, as these statements begin to pour like last year’s snow. Then you have to appeal to the events of 70 years ago, which there are no witnesses to at least somehow settle the slogan, simple as a moo, “Russia is to blame for everything.”
No, of course, I understand that Germany is tired of the fact that it is to blame for everything. The Germans hesitated already to bow and pay. But honestly, this is not a reason to revise history. And make the USSR guilty of unleashing the Second World War. Because the next step is to accuse the Russians of the Holocaust with all the ensuing details and payments. And this is complete garbage.
Today we see jumps and races on the central square of Warsaw (where nearby still stands another Stalinist skyscraper, built for free). And it breaks the heart of everyone who watched “Four Tankers and a Dog” in childhood and cried when the series ended. Those who still have a complete selection of vinyl by Cheslav Nemen and all the books of Stanislav Lem.
Perhaps this is precisely the reason for submitting the following idea: “The State Duma Committee on Culture is discussing a possible initiative to prohibit equating the goals, decisions and actions of the leadership, command and military personnel of the USSR with the goals, decisions and actions of the leadership, command and military personnel of Nazi Germany” .
Actually, this is real. Because you have to do something. Sitting and looking at the bacchanalia, which unfolds right in front of us alive, is simply unrealistic.
“When developing such bills, it is important to weigh each word literally on a pharmacy scale. Least of all would I like to engage in frantic prohibition. It is necessary to limit offensive attacks and falsification of facts in the public and media fields, while maintaining free space for serious discussion. That is why I decided to appeal to those who professionally write, tell, and film about the war, ”said the head of the Committee on Culture Yampolskaya.
Mrs. Yampolskaya, unlike her German colleagues, subtly feels the line between the political order and the immediate tasks. And also - what should be done when the global roll-over begins.
In general, indeed, it is unlikely that anyone could have imagined ten years ago that the Americans would suddenly become the main liberators of Europe with their landing on Omaha Beach and Operation Teardrop (now we will pay). But everything happened a little: they saved Private Ryan, then Brad Pitt with his tank "Rage", not to mention the fierce militants of Tarantino. Fantasies on the theme of World War II moved from the category of fiction to the category of historical facts. Because there is always a politician who will refer to Hollywood ravings. Because, surprisingly, they leave on time.
And then some of our Polish friends come, who so loved to stand on the Auschwitz watchtowers, and accuse Russia of unleashing World War II. Here's what to do about it? Prohibit comparing Hitler with Stalin? And how can this be done legally? At the same time, the funny thing is that for some reason children and grandchildren of the “top managers” of the NKVD, who have their hands in their blood elbows, are doing this in Russia.
And the State Duma should answer these important questions, in which they discuss the initiative to create such a law. The main thing is that historical debate itself should not suffer in this debate, just as it happened in Germany.
The author’s point of view may not coincide with the position of the publisher.