Liberation80: Rasi: We Live in Time When Historical Facts Are Being Questioned

Medzilaborce, May 9 (TASR) - We live in a time in which historical facts are being questioned, when there is an effort by many to rewrite history and an effort by many to tell our generation that perhaps we were not liberated by the Soviet Army, the Red Army, or anyone else, said House Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) during a ceremonial event to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII held in the town of Medzilaborce (Presov region) on Friday. Along with Interior Ministry State Secretary Michal Kalinak (Voice-SD) and other guests, he honoured the memory of the victims by laying wreaths at the Memorial to the Fallen in the First and Second World Wars. "We are here today to keep in mind that more than 60 million people died in WWII, more than 25 million soldiers. They were Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Kazakhs, they were soldiers of the Czechoslovak Army corps, they were resistance fighters, in Slovakia they were also Romanians. I believe that all of us who already have grey hair will continue to spread the truth, which is the only one, and remind our youngest generation, so that they will know what horrors we have experienced, so that they will know that peace is not a matter of course and that we must fight for peace," said Rasi. According to Rasi, the fact that peace is not a matter of fact can be seen all over the world. "There's a conflict in Ukraine, there's a conflict in Gaza, there's a major conflict brewing in distant India and Pakistan. At the same time, we have a special day, the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII, and I believe that this day and this year could also be the year of the end of the conflict in our eastern neighbour," he said. ko/df