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What has Israel done in thanking Russia in stopping the Nazis? |
Travel Info What has Israel done in thanking Russia in stopping the Nazis? Travel Tips Every year, on May 9th (Day when Russians celebrate their Great Victory), Jewish leaders openly thank the Great Russian Nation for stopping the Nazis, and for freeing tens of thousands of Jews. Though it was more of a Great Soviet Nation at that time. There were Russians, Ukranians, Latvians, Lithwanians, Belorussians, Estonians, Georgians, Armenians, Jews, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Chechens, Moldovs, Azerbaidjanians, Tatars, and many many more nations, as one Soviet Nation. Others Russia also jailed and killed my favourite jewish writer Isaac Babel (somewhere before WW2)thank you very much but you have some point... Bought their technology? kos om esra2el we cos omak (israel kiss her *** and you too) You are in the wrong section for this question. For some years now Israel has the so-called "Veteran Law", which gives special rights (i.e, tax exemptions and so on) to elderly people who fought 60-65 years ago along the Soviet forces. Don't forget that about fifth of Israel's population is of an ex-Soviet-Union origin, ever since the large immigration wave of the early 90's. So you can't say there isn't a positive public notion towards the Russian contribution to topple the Nazis. Having said that, one must remember that from the mid 50's the Russians supplied Israel's enemies with loads of (then) high-tech weapons. So there is also a certain amount of bitterness there. Do I smell the unpleasant odor of bitterness in your question? Let us not forget: the USSR that stopped the Germans and released the death and work camps in the General Government (and thus saved thousands- maybe millions- of Jews) is the same USSR that persecuted Jews, deported them and forbid them to have any kind of Jewish life (burning synagogues were not an unusual sight, Hebrew and Yiddish were forbidden to be spoken). Jewish casualties in the Great Purges are surprisingly high, not to mention the extermination of the Jewish leadership in 1937. Let us also not forget that a non- aggression pact between Germany and Soviet Russia was signed in 1939 (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact); a pact on which both sides agreed not to attack each other. Had it not been for Hitler to breach it in 1941, Russia might never stop Germany. Anyway, Israel celebrates May 9th ("Victory in Europe Day") with parades. On the weekend of that week, it is costmary to come to the "Forest of the Red Army" in Jerusalem and put flowers on the monument of the Red Army soldiers. It is also accepted by many Russian emigrants to sing Russian folk songs after the flower placing. |
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