AVATARS OF FASCIST MONSTERS:
THREE SUBTYPES.
Successors of those who attacked the USSR on June 22, 1941 feel
fine in political zoo of Eastern Europe
On June 22, 1941 Nazi Germany and its allies attacked the USSR.
The Third Reich ceased to exist in 1945. However, some of its
allies turned to be much more enduring, having demonstrated the
ability to reincarnate political souls which obtained new bodies
in the 21st century. These "avatars" act in modern politics, setting
themselves up as protectors of democracy and fighters against
the Russian threat. But they do not forget about their "previous
life".
On June 22, 1941 Nazi Germany and its allies attacked the USSR.
The Third Reich ceased to exist in 1945. However, some of its
allies turned to be much more enduring, having demonstrated the
ability to reincarnate political souls which obtained new bodies
in the 21st century. These "avatars" act in modern politics, setting
themselves up as protectors of democracy and fighters against
the Russian threat. They not only remember about their "previous life" but they
are also proud of their previous "deeds".
We have discovered some of such "avatars". Today we are going
to describe those of them who took part in the events
of June of 1941. Others will be discussed next time.
Subtype 1. Nachtigall Battalion headed by an ex-hero
of Ukraine Roman Shukhevych crossed the Soviet border at night
on June 22 near the river San. After that he moved to Lviv
where, according to "nationally informed" Ukrainian historians,
he "was protecting roads". In the same time a pogrom took place
in Lviv, during which potential enemies of occupants were
slaughtered. After "the success" in Lviv, the men of Shukhevych moved
to Ternopil, and later took part in fights for Vinnytsia and Brailov.
Then, after a course of advanced studies, these men were moved
to Byelorussia to fight against Soviet partisans.
There were only several hundreds of fighters who were chosen
by Stepan Bandera and crossed the Soviet border on June 22,
1941. From the military point of view, they can not be compared with
German army or even Romanian or Hungarian troops which amounted not
to hundreds but to hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
However, for orange government of 2005-2010 and Ukrainian expatriate
community living in the USA or Canada this task force
is a "true Ukrainian army" and its leaders are great Ukrainians,
fighters for independence, fathers of nation, etc.
Subtype 2. Trying to prevent Moldovan soldiers from being sent
to Moscow celebration of the 65th anniversary of Victory, the
interim President of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu stated that his country "was
defeated in the Second World War" and had therefore nothing
to do with the celebration. It is clear that Mr Ghimpu
does not associate "his country" with Soviet Moldavia; however,
it is astonishing that he does not admit even Romania ruled
by King Michael which has joined the anti-Hitler coalition in 1944
and even managed to be among the victorious states. Mr Ghimpu’s
fatherland is fascist Romania of Antonescu whose army was the second
biggest in the attack against the USSR, following that of Germany.
Antonescu sent 325 000 of soldiers and officers to conquer new
lands in the East. Having captured Kishinev on July 16,
Antonescu’s army was not wholly satisfied with "retrieval" of Moldavia.
Germans had promised Odessa and almost whole Novorossiya "the descendants
of Romans" — as Romanian nationalists proudly named themselves.
The Romanian army also assisted Germans during the attacks against the Crimea
and Stalingrad. Romanian divisions were defeated in Stalingrad; few
managed to return home.
Subtype 3. Hungary was among German allies who took part in the
attack against the USSR. That time the country was ruled by fascist Arrow
Cross Party. Hungarian troops entered the war as a part of army
group "South" and reached Voronezh. There they were defeated, just like the
Romanians in Stalingrad. However, Hungarians also fought against Soviet
troops in their own territory. Supported by Germans, the Arrow Cross
Party made a military coup in Budapest in October of 1944
and was carrying out cruel ethnic cleansings in Hungary for half
a year, till March of 1945. Modern successors of the Arrow Cross
Party are Jobbik party with its military division "The Hungarian Guard" which
keeps even the symbols of the 1940s. Some representatives of these
organizations are national parliament members and call for revision of the
results of the First and the Second World Wars. By the way,
an official position of Hungarian government is quite similar
to position they advocate.
A zoo called "Eastern Europe". Structures genetically connected
to the nazis and fascists exist in Western Europe as well; but
there they are extremely marginal and banished to "the underground"
of public politics. However, for Eastern Europe which is still
treated in the West as an anti-Russian "sanitary cordon",
another rules of political game are common. The ghosts of the past
arose there, as in an abandoned graveyard, and walk along the
streets freely. Moreover, they can be parliament members and take part
in government activities. The first place here is held by Latvia
and Estonia, where division into "Baltic residents" and "Slavic non-residents"
resembles Nurnberg laws of the Third Reich.
Thus, small particles of the fascist coalition which had attacked the USSR
on June 22 endured the collapse of its brain, engine, and
armored tentacles. Living their own life, their ideological "avatars" continue
to make their best to fight the war which began seventy years
ago.
Alexander Sergeev
To be continued
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