Another solemn anniversary. June 22nd
marks the tragic day in 1941 when a terrible war was unleashed on Russia by
Nazi Germany… Each year the numbers of those who lived through those terrible
events grow less and less, and by now the numbers of the children of the
soldiers of that war, like myself and my wife, has also started to dwindle.
But the remembrance must be kept alive for as long
as there is a national memory. The remembrance of the nation’s history, which
constitutes the national identity of those who remember…
Memories like this hurt, and hurt they must. But
they also make people better, much better. Their fire purifies the individuals and
the nation.
God bless all those who remember.
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