Preserving the memory of the victims of Nazism is a common responsibility of the peoples of Europe

Preserving the memory of the victims of Nazism is a common responsibility of the peoples of Europe. Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Igor Secreta said this during the round table “Common in the memory of different cultures: international understanding of the tragedy of Maly Trostenets”, which was held in Vienna in the format of a video conference. The participants of the meeting were diplomats, parliamentarians and historians from different countries, writes sb.by.

In his video address to the participants, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Igor Secreta noted that the memory of the Nazi death camp in Maly Trostenets near Minsk directly connects the fates of different peoples:

- Preserving this memory is our shared responsibility. Responsibility, which was confirmed at the highest level by the heads of state of Belarus, Austria, Germany in 2018 at an official event in Trostenets.

The deputy minister noted that it is worth reading only a few lines from the materials about the history of this terrible place - and refuse to believe that this is possible:

- We need to talk about this today, when some European politicians have taken the path of militarism and are seriously considering the possibility of a new major confrontation in Europe. Against this background, the real picture of World War II is purposefully erased from the collective memory as inconvenient and unnecessary in the current political situation. This memory should not be confined to a group of dedicated experts; society should know and remember those events and their victims, so as not to repeat such tragic mistakes in the future.