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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
MINSK, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — The contribution of the Chinese people to the victory over fascism is enormous and without this struggle there would have been no common victory, Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Belarus Segodnya Publishing House Dmitry Zhuk told Xinhua in Minsk during the opening of a photo exhibition called "Remembering the Past, Creating the Future" in honor of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The exhibition opened in the Victory Hall of the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War.
D. Zhuk emphasized that this exhibition is stunning in its emotional impact. “There are photographs that make your blood run cold. This is evidence of the inhumane treatment of people that we cannot understand. These photographs show the full horror of war.”
"On the other hand, this exhibition demonstrates the unbroken spirit of the Chinese people, those heroes who defended their land and liberated it from Japanese fascism. This is very much in tune with our Belarusian perception of that anti-fascist war, which is called the Second World War or the World Anti-Fascist War. We sacredly honor the memory of all our veterans who fought on Chinese soil. The connection between the Belarusian and Chinese peoples is very important for the further maintenance of global peace," noted D. Zhuk.
He also noted the invaluable contribution of the Chinese people in the fight against the fascist coalition. “The number of lives that the Chinese people laid on the altar of victory cannot be estimated. It is priceless. The contribution of China, the Chinese people to the victory over fascism is enormous and without this fight there would have been no common victory. It is very important that in 1945 the Soviet and Chinese people fought shoulder to shoulder and won this victory together. For us, this is a very important part of our common history, which we have no right to forget,” D. Zhuk noted.
According to him, when real history is being replaced with fictitious events in order to take away historical memory from Belarusians and Chinese, among others, it is important to fight for its preservation. “It is especially important to preserve the truth in the minds of our young people. And thanks to our combined efforts, I am sure that in the future we will be able to avoid global catastrophes on our planet,” D. Zhuk noted.
The head of the publishing house "Belarus Today" emphasized that war is inhumane by its nature. That is why history, unfortunately, knows such examples as the destruction of Minsk and the Nanjing massacre.
"There were similar cities in other countries, which were essentially wiped off the face of the earth. Moreover, on Belarusian soil, more than 200 settlements were never restored after the war. Life never returned to these villages and towns, this is a huge tragedy. Today, we are trying to carefully pass on this memory. And when we see examples of such terrible atrocities in other countries, we understand that this is not only the history of Belarusians or the Belarusian people, this is a common human history. And we, each in our own country, have even less right to lose the knowledge and memory of these, albeit tragic, but still important for the future pages of our history," D. Zhuk summarized. -0-
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