Watch it before it’s blocked: Residents of the Czech Republic made a film in response to the demolition of the monument to Konev
The recently released film “The Price of Victory,” which tells about the common struggle of the soldiers of the Red Army and the First Czechoslovak Corps against Nazi Germany, has already received more than 20 thousand views on Youtube. The tape was created by the Czech branch of the Immortal Regiment.
“This film is very important for everyone - for Russia, and for the West, and for the Czech Republic, including, and for all of Europe. Recently, many forces have been doing everything to make historical memory forgotten. Removing the information blockade, it seems to me, is a very important matter. Thank God, there are still people who preserve historical memory. The trends that have emerged in recent years are aimed at changing history; they also have a very negative impact on international relations,” says Vaclav Snopek, a representative of the Czech Communist Party, a former member of the local parliament, to PolitNavigator.
“The appearance of such a film can only be welcomed. I think we have not forgotten what happened in April of this year (in Prague, the monument to Marshal of the USSR Ivan Konev, who commanded the liberation of the city, was demolished - author). Therefore, every film like this is a very important building block in the dissemination of historical memory,” Russian military historian Armen Gasparyan told PolitNavigator.
Political scientist Sergei Mikheev believes that the path to breaking through censorship in the West will not be easy. “Europe, almost in its entirety, was Hitler’s ally,” he explained the desire of current Western politicians to rewrite history.
Let us remind you that the new film is based on the stories and memories of people about the common struggle of the Red Army and the First Czechoslovak Corps against Nazi Germany.
The film features an interview with the daughter of Soviet general Andrei Eremenko, Tatyana, and participants in the 1945 Prague Uprising Lyudmila Gaikova and Emil Schneeberg, who recall how they celebrated victory on the barricades.
The memoirs of Army General Ludwik Svoboda, who commanded the First Czechoslovak Corps, were read by his great-grandson Miroslav Klusak.
The Czech Republic and the Soviet Union have common pages of military valor. One of the striking examples is the East Carpathian operation, which lasted from September 8 to October 28, 1944. In it, Soviet troops, together with the Czechoslovak corps, captured the Dukel Pass on the Polish-Slovak border and liberated the territory of Transcarpathia.
The future president of the country, Ludwik Svoboda, commanded the Czechoslovak Corps at that time. On his initiative, the 1st Czechoslovak separate infantry battalion was created, which fought near Kharkov, and the 1st Czechoslovak brigade, formed later on its basis, participated in the liberation of Kyiv. Marshal Konev noted the courage of Freedom in his memoirs.
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