“We must not forget that during the deliberate extermination of Jews, the Nazis were preparing the same fate for many other nations,” the Russian diplomat said.
He urged not to forget about the crimes of both those responsible for the Holocaust and those who collaborated with them.
“And no matter what motives they had. It is important to take the lessons of history into account correctly in order to avoid such disasters as the Holocaust and World War II, ”Nebenzya said.
Earlier, the French president Emmanuel Macron spoke about the role of Soviet soldiers in the liberation of the concentration camp. The head of state emphasized that on January 27, 1945, "the brave soldiers of the Red Army entered the barbed wire of the territory of the concentration camp."
He called for "remembering the past, remembering all the victims of the Holocaust in order to build the present."
Also, Polish President Andrzej Duda recalled the role of the Red Army in the liberation of Auschwitz.