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President Gitanas Nausėda and First Lady Diana Nausėdienė started the “Speak, Listen, Save” campaign and spoke their names.
These are Albinas Mulevičius (unknown destination), Jafimija Maksimova (did not return), Ana Žigo (returned), Ignas Šarkis (returned), Rozalija Anusevičienė (did not return), Monika Danutė Masiulionytė (returned), Francas Orlovskis (did not return), Ida unknown fate), Marijonas Didžiulis (returned), Ona Kamandulienė (unknown fate).
G. Nausėda: it is painful to see the efforts of the current Russian government
On the 79th anniversary of the mass deportations at the Museum of Occupations and Fights for Freedom, G. Nausėda stated that June 14 is remembered today as a sign of injustice and abuse, symbolizing all the misfortunes that happened to Lithuania in the middle of the 20th century.
“And the beginning of those disasters can be considered an illegal and criminal signing of the secret protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.” Therefore, it is painful to see the efforts of the current Russian government to forget, deny and falsify history.
These days there are strong calls in the Russian Duma to overturn the 1989 decision to condemn the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Such initiatives, despising the memory of our deportees and supporters, say a lot about the current situation in Russia. The deeper the neighbor’s historical consciousness is immersed in forgery, forgetting and eating, the more important our ability to remember becomes, “he said Sunday.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Historical memory action “Speak, listen, save”
In late May, Alexei Zhuravliov, deputy of the Russian state Duma and president of the Homeland party, registered a proposal to reverse this political decision. The politician states that this “is not in line with the principles of historical justice” and was adopted “in the context of the growing political instability that year, accompanied by external pressure”.
On August 23, 1939, the German and Soviet Foreign Ministers signed a non-aggression pact (the so-called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) and secret protocols.
According to them, the Soviets and the Nazis divided the Baltic countries and Poland into spheres of influence on the eve of World War II. Shortly after the signing of the pact, World War II began, during which Lithuania and Poland were occupied.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Historical memory action “Speak, listen, save”
According to G. Nausėda, the experience of the deportees and their families not only provided pain, but also encouraged not to give up and paved the way for the restoration of an independent state.
“Once this dream has come true, it is our duty to ensure that historical tragedies do not reoccur in new ways. I therefore call for the continued creation of an independent Lithuanian state based on the ideals of freedom and respect of human rights. May today’s mourning remind us of immortal hope, “said the president.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Historical memory action “Speak, listen, save”
Urge not to forget history.
15 minutes He interviewed Jadvyga Ona and assured that he had attended the commemoration because he wanted to honor the deceased family and friends.
“I don’t have much left, so I came to mention it. My many relatives from my mother … Very sad. Now I buried a couple of loved ones, my teacher, but I couldn’t attend the funeral because the quarantine was imposed “, said.
According to Jadvyga, the coronavirus and quarantine should make it easier for young people to understand how people felt at the time.
“It is difficult to explain what the people’s problems were like, and now young people understand the quarantine,” he said.
Furthermore, the woman joked that her height protects her from the virus, so she was not afraid to come to the meeting.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Historical memory action “Speak, listen, save”
Valda was born in exile. 15 minutes He related that his parents and brother were taken to the Osinsk district, Irkutsk region, around 1949. The family returned to Lithuania around March 1957.
“I found dad, mom and brother on the charts. I even read what he got out of us, real nonsense. He called us criminals, including my 8-year-old brother. My parents were ordinary people, my father was a hard worker, he was a farmer A family of 14 children also worked there as himself. We survived because my father was very strong, “she is convinced.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Historical memory action “Speak, listen, save”
The interlocutor said that when he returned to Lithuania, his mother found it difficult to get used to the new reality. Finding a place to stay was not easy either.
“After returning to Lithuania, of course, we did not have our own home, we were not registered anywhere else. Aunt in Kaunas wanted to protect us, she didn’t register us. Then we returned to the same Pasvalys district, renting half a cabin. We all work, but I am very grateful that my parents taught the three children and we did not stay there, ”she said.
Furthermore, Valda said that in 1988, along with his brother, he went to a place where he had once been deported, and the oldest residents of the village even remembered them.
“They remembered how they brought us. They were told to take the criminals and bring them all with a coal ship. They took axes, they armed themselves, but when they saw that the children, the women who barely passed, were going out … They always realized that they were good people, “he said.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Historical memory action “Speak, listen, save”
According to the government, young people should not forget the events and history of the country.
“We went to the railway station during the new year. There were cars standing there, and they made coffees in them. I got in that car, it was very cold and I thought, imagine that my mother with the children, father, was sitting in that And they just sat there with their legs stretched out, there was no room. I don’t see how you can throw away that period of history. ” 15 minutes she said.
The names of the deportees and political prisoners will be read 24 hours a day in Vilnius and practically 24 hours a day. names and destinations The readings will be attended not only by compatriots living in Lithuania and Europe, but also in the USA. USA, Canada, Argentina and Japan.
On Sunday, Lithuania celebrates the Day of Mourning and Hope to commemorate the deportations carried out by the Soviets.
On June 14, 1941, mass arrests and deportations of Lithuanians began in the depths of the Soviet Union, Siberia.
According to the Lithuanian Center for Genocide and Resistance Studies, during the first occupation, the Soviets deported, killed and imprisoned some 23,000 people. population of the country. Altogether, in 1953, about 130,000 people had been deported from Lithuania. people, others about 156 thousand. Lithuanians were imprisoned.
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