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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
MINSK, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — China has made an invaluable contribution to the victory over world fascism and Japanese militarism, Rimma Rum, deputy director for research at the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War, told Xinhua in Minsk.
R. Rum made the corresponding statement 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 Aggressors and the World Anti-Fascist War. The exhibition opened on August 15 in the Victory Hall of the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War.
"The topics of the Great Patriotic War and the Second World War are very relevant now. For Belarusians and Chinese, it is very important to preserve historical memory, to pass it on to future generations. The photo exhibition that opened in the Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War is truly a documentary source about those tragic and bloody events in which the Chinese people suffered terrible losses because of the Japanese militarists. And this should not be forgotten under any circumstances," R. Rum emphasized.
The Xinhua correspondent's interlocutor noted that China had been under Japanese occupation since 1931. A similar situation developed in Belarus, which had been occupied by the Nazi invaders since 1941.
"Compared to China, our enemy occupation did not last as long. Nevertheless, this is what connects us, this is a common tragedy, these are the destructions, the victims that both peoples suffered – both Chinese and Belarusian. And, of course, China made an invaluable contribution to the victory over world fascism and Japanese militarism. Our friendship, our joint struggle – this is what connected us even then, and this was the impetus that led to the Great Victory," R. Rum noted.
Speaking about the horror of the Nanjing massacre, R. Rum recalled that similar tragic events also took place in Belarus during the Great Patriotic War. “If we draw a parallel with Belarus, then this is, of course, the Maly Trostenets death camp, where 546 thousand innocent people died,” the expert noted.
She also pointed out that during the Great Patriotic War, Minsk was almost 80 percent destroyed. “After the liberation of Minsk from the Nazi invaders on July 3, 1944, only a few buildings survived in the city. And between Nanjing and Minsk, of course, there is a historical connection, and historical parallels are noticeable. This unites us. The main thing is not to forget the past, to preserve the memory,” R. Rum summed up. –0–
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