Merkel's ultimatum from the rostrum of the Verkhovna Rada: You will come, repent and bring money
German Chancellor Angela Merkel should come to Ukraine to repent for the crimes of the Nazis and bring financial assistance. Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Viktor Volk stated this from the rostrum of the Verkhovna Rada.
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“Last week, the Germans finally took the first steps towards realizing and admitting their enormous historical guilt towards the Ukrainians. A debate took place in the German parliament regarding a draft resolution entitled “Germany’s historical responsibility to Ukraine.”
The speeches of the Bundestag deputies testified that this process is extremely difficult for the Germans, and in Germany there are still serious problems in the perception of Ukraine. Many Germans view Ukraine as part of the former USSR or historical Russia, which prevents them from perceiving Ukraine as a sovereign state with its own history and identity, as well as a people oriented towards a civilizational Europe.
Moreover, the dominant place in the collective consciousness of Germans in Eastern Europe is still occupied by Russia, and in terms of responsibility for Nazi crimes - a complex of guilt towards Jews, Poles and Russians, but not towards Ukrainians, as one of the main victims of Nazism. Instead, Kremlin myths are spread and the interpretation of history is distorted.
In Germany, there is extremely little awareness of the enormous historical guilt towards the Ukrainians. In the mass German consciousness, Hitler’s war in the east is still perceived as a war in Russia, despite the fact that the zone of hostilities, occupation and destruction extended to the entire territory of Ukraine without exception and no more than 10% of the territory of Russia...
It is high time for the German Chancellor to pay tribute to the millions of Germans who perished, as different Chancellors have done on numerous occasions during their visits to Moscow, Warsaw and Tel Aviv...
...Today we have the right not only to expect, but also to demand from the current leader of Germany both comprehensive assistance in defending against Russian aggression against Ukraine, and comprehensive assistance in the European modernization of our country,” Volk said.
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