A cycle of the events to prevent a falsification of the history of the Great Patriotic War is launched in Brest

The first event from the “Anti-Falsification of the history of the Great Patriotic War” cycle on the theme of “The Beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Myths and Reality” was held at the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Brest on September 21, 2017, and was timed to coincide with the International Day of Peace. Students of D. M. Karbyshev High School No. 20 and G. K. Zhukov University Preparatory School No. 6 attended the event.

Director of the Cultural Center Elena Maslova congratulated an audience with the Day of Peace and told in detail about the launch of the cycle of events “…about the contribution of the entire Soviet people to the victory over fascism, the heroism and dedication of Soviet soldiers who clearly understood the very nature of the war and the need to defeat Nazism at any cost for the greater good of future generations.”

A staff employee of the Cultural Center Roman Musan suggested discussing the statement that the Soviet Union started the war together with Germany. To disproof this myth, the historical facts of 1918—1939, such as the conclusion of the Versailles and Munich treaties, as well as the signing of the German–Soviet Non-aggression Pact were analyzed. The claims of Poland regarding the contemporary territories of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine throughout history were considered in detail; there are counter-arguments about the claims of reparations lately filed by the current Polish government. Documentary videos based on declassified archival documents were demonstrated. The event was completed by watching the film of the Presidential Library Victory is one for all about the contribution of the Soviet people to the Victory over Fascism.

In recent times, historical facts have been falsified, thereby casting doubt on the significance of the contribution of the Soviet people to the Victory over Fascism. The events in the Russian Cultural Center will let the young generation to correctly perceive the events of the past, to learn how to navigate in overwhelming flow of information from various sources.

There is an electronic collection Memory of the Great Victory on the Presidential Library website. It includes official documents, photographs and newsreels, wartime newspapers, books, agitation and propaganda publications, collections of articles, biographies, testimonies from the participants in combat engagements and home front workers, their personal documents, images of military and labor awards, monuments and memorials complexes, and the contemplations about the war of great-grandchildren of veterans.

Materials of the article courtesy of http://rs.gov.ru.