jeudi 8 mai 2014

Liberation Day - The Aftermath

While discussing the aftermath of VE Day, I was stunned that some aspects of history seem to be completely blocked out of the awareness of even historically interested Russians.



It obviously touches a sensitive matter to patriotic Russians: war crimes committed by the Red Army.



One of the aspects is the mass rape of women after the "Liberation" by the Red Army.

Anthony Beevor, the renowned historian, called it the "greatest phenomenon of mass rape in history"



While mostly German women were affected, Soldiers of the Red Army also raped Polish and Hungarian women on a large scale, even liberated concentration camp prisoners were among the victims.



More can be read here: http://ift.tt/1uGaILg



This thread is not meant as a general demonization of the Red Army nor a relativization of the horrendous crimes the SS, the SD and the German Wehrmacht committed in the Soviet Union.



I was simply puzzled that historical facts seem to be unknown or even gainsaid in today's Russia and that evidence contradicting the seemingly popular Russian view are dismissed as Goebbel's or Cold War propaganda.



I would be interested to see how this topic is viewed in other countries, especially those who suffered under a longtime Soviet occupation.




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