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Nazi atrocities during World War II must not be left to oblivion

Belgrade, 10 November 2012

Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development Zarko Obradovic said last night on the occasion of the International Day against Fascism and Anti-Semitism that Nazi atrocities during the Second World War must not be left to oblivion.

Nazi atrocities during World War II must not be left to oblivion

Author: Fonet

Addressing the audience at an event at the National Library of Serbia, Obradovic recalled that during World War II about 700,000 Serbs were killed in Jasenovac alone, and that the Serbs, Jews and Roma were killed in Jajinci, Staro Sajmiste and Sumarice only because of their ethnicity. The struggle with the evil and barbarity has not ended, Obradovic said, adding that the Holocaust can be considered the beginning of the arrival of Adolf Hitler to power in Germany. Obradovic recalled that during the World War II, six million Jews were killed, and that on Kristallnacht 25,000 books were burned, in an attempt to destroy the history of a people over one night. It was just a prelude to the massive crimes that afflicted humanity. Fascism, Nazism and anti-Semitism are the greatest evils of the 20th century and of the whole history of mankind that took massive casualties, said Obradovic. The organiser of the central state events for marking the International Day against Fascism and Anti-Semitism is the Committee for fostering the tradition of Serbian liberation wars.

The event was attended by representatives of the Serbian Army, religious organisations and the diplomatic corps, as well as veterans of the World War II. The violence that happened on the streets and squares of Germany on 9 November 1938 marked the beginning of persecution of Jews that ended with the murder of six million innocent men, women and children. This event, known as Kristallnacht, is considered to be a symbolic beginning of the Holocaust, and is marked as the International Day against Fascism and Anti-Semitism.