10.05.2010

A new international organization called “World without Nazism” will be set up soon.

Boris Shpigel, a member of the Russian Federation Council and the head of the World Congress of Russian-speaking Jewry, told Itar-Tass on Tuesday that he would hold a conference in June. It will continue a series of forums devoted to the lessons of WWII. The first two forums have been held in Berlin and Riga. “The aim of this event is to educate young people,” Shpigel said as he was presenting memorable gifts to activists of veteran organizations of Israel. “This is going to be an assembly of people who will think of how to prepare some educational programs for the young,” he stressed. Besides, a new organization “World without Nazism” will be set up in Minsk with approval of the Council of Europe. “Organizations from 28 countries have already applied for membership. The new organization will first and foremost monitor phenomena like the revival of Nazism, the glorification of Nazi criminals and revival of the memory of those who fought together with the Nazis,” the Russian lawmaker went on to say. “Today, we can see it in Ukraine and Estonia. Sadly but we are also witnessing these phenomena in Moldova, Romania and other countries. In fact, this is alteration of values and the rewriting of history,” Shpigel went on to say. He thinks that the absence of ideological convictions makes Russian young people to forget history. “The most important thing which should be done to avert the recurrence of what we were through is to fight against the glorification of Nazism and rehabilitation of Nazi criminals as well as the revision of WWII results,” Shpigel went on to say. The lawmaker also said that the Victory Day parade on Red Square would be broadcast live from Red Square in countries where the World Congress of Russian-speaking Jewry has its branches: Germany, Britain, Israel and Latvia. After the broadcast, Russian artists will sing wartime songs for veterans and the Russian-speaking population of the aforesaid countries.