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We all feel the widespread revulsion at the horrors of World War II, and feel the need to recall what the human race, communities and individuals were capable of doing. We therefore sincerely share the feeling that this occasion should above all serve to say: never again. What is more, this is the root of the establishment of the EU.
Other memories should not be overlooked, however. For the countries of Eastern Europe, especially the Baltic States, the celebration of the end of the war is not exactly a celebration of freedom, in light of the fact that the liberators were the Soviet military, which did not start to leave until 1989. Consequently, while it may seem irrelevant to mention the Soviet Empire in the same breath as the end of the war, it is not irrelevant from the point of view of that part of the world, given that one blended into the other. Furthermore, how is it possible to celebrate the liberation, as though pretending that the liberation was not followed by occupation? We cannot.
If we want peace, we need the truth. We therefore celebrate the end of the Second World War, but let us not think that the horrors finished there. Other people’s memories must also form part of our memory."@en1
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