Memory of Russia: All-Russian exhibition "No Statute of Limitations" to open in 63 Russian regions

A unique archival exhibition will be open on February 8, 2021, in 63 Russian regions. It highlights the tragedy of civilians during the Great Patriotic War and the atrocities of the Nazis and their accomplices in the occupied territory. The federal project "No Statute of Limitations", initialized by the Russian President Vladimir Putin, aims to declassify and release relevant archival documents.

The exhibition features archival documents that confirm the thesis that Nazi Germany, attacking the Soviet Union, had a plan to eliminate and enslave the population, drain its resources.

February 8, 2021, was chosen as the opening date of the All-Russian exhibition "No Statute of Limitations" because on this day 75 years ago (February 8, 1946) the Chief Prosecutor from the USSR Roman Andreevich Rudenko made his opening speech at the Nuremberg Trials.

The exhibition spotlights various aspects of the policy of genocide of the Soviet people by the Nazis and their accomplices: mass-scale punitive operations and the assassination of civilians, starvation and the creation of living conditions incompatible with life, crimes against children, forced labour and deportation of civilians to Germany, the elimination of citizens in hospitals and other medical institutions. The project covers all regions occupied during the Great Patriotic War and experienced the genocide of the Soviet people.

The exhibition presents the most interesting archival documents out of 7,000 identified during the project.

In December 2020, the "No Statute of Limitations" project became the best scientific project of the Year of Memory and Glory and received the "Pobeda" (Victory) National Prize. The "Pobeda'' Prize is awarded for achievements in preserving the historical memory of the events and participants in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.