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The Macikai camps are a symbolic and unique place where the camps of the two most brutal totalitarian regimes in Europe, the Nazi and the Stalinist, have been operating for 15 years. They both used the same buildings and infrastructure to imprison and torture people.
“The symbolism of the Macikai camp makes us think about the brutal nature of totalitarian regimes, their repressive apparatus and crimes against humanity, crimes also committed on Lithuanian soil. A historical memory center, important for the historical memory of both Lithuania and Europe, could emerge in Macikai, ”said the president.
According to the president, the investigation of crimes against humanity by totalitarian regimes – both Nazism and communism – and the dissemination of historical truth are a necessary response to today’s tyrants, who are also trying to rewrite history and convince them that the aggressor is the victim. and the victim is the aggressor.
Citizens of more than 20 countries were imprisoned, tortured and victims of the Nazi and Soviet regimes in the Macikai camps: Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Poles, Belarusians, Russians, Ukrainians, British, French, Belgians, Americans, Canadians, Dutch, Danes, Germans, Austrians, Czechs, Hungarians, Romanians, Armenians, and even New Zealand citizens.
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