This page of history
was not well known for the broad public, Vyacheslav Volodin noted.
MOSCOW, October 14.
/TASS/. The whole world should remember the tragedy of Nazi death camp Sobibor
so that such crimes never happen again, Speaker of Russia’s State Duma, the
lower house of parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin said on Sunday on occasion of the
75th anniversary of the revolt.
"On October 14,
1943 in the Nazi death camp Sobibor the only successful revolt of inmates
during World War II occurred. It was led by Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky,
who was able to unite people for a fight against the enemy," Volodin said,
according to the State Duma’s press service.
This page of history
was not well known for the broad public, Volodin noted. "This year the
biography and memoirs of Alexander Pechersky were filmed by Konstantin
Khabensky," he said. The movie was submitted to compete for an Oscar in
the Best Foreign Language Film category.
"This means that
many people in various countries will find out about the exploit of a Soviet
officer and think about it," Volodin said. "The whole world should
remember the tragedy so that similar crimes never happen again," he
stressed.
Sobibor was in
operation from May 1942 through to October 1943. Various sources indicate that
the Nazis annihilated from 150,000 to 250,000 Jewish people from Poland and
other European countries. The Nazi command closed the camp down right after the
rebellion led by Pechersky and razed its compound to the ground.
Source: ITAR-TASS
14-10-2018
