On May 8th and 9th, people from European countries celebrated the Victory Day over Nazi Germany. However, the allies of the USSR in World War II, as well as Eastern European nations, that were liberated from Nazi occupation by the Red Army, too soon forgot about the prevailing contribution of the Soviet Union to this Victory.

Any educated person who is familiar with the history of World War II knows at what cost and with what inhuman efforts the Soviet Union liberated its territory from the Nazis first, and then the whole of Eastern Europe, and ended this terrible war in Berlin with the German Instrument of Surrender.

The Baltic states, apparently, are governed by poorly educated people. Otherwise, how can their decision to ban Victory Day celebrations be explained? Common citizens of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia suffered badly from the Nazi occupation during WWII, but it cannot be said so about the authorities of these countries, who actively cooperated with Nazi Germany. These torments would last longer if the Red Army did not liberate the Balts from the Nazis.

And now, on a such significant 80th anniversary of the Victory, the current authorities in Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn imposed fines for displaying symbols of Soviet liberators. There are horrific fines in Lithuania for laying flowers at the site of the Red Army monuments that were previously demolished by the government –– €700 for natural persons and €1,200 for legal ones. In Latvia, likes and comments on social media posts about Victory Day will result in a €350 fine, while showing Soviet or Russian symbols will lead to five years in prison. Estonia imposes fines of €2,400 or one year’s imprisonment on natural persons, and €32,000 on legal ones. Such a pseudo-freedom of speech.

The German activist, chairman of the International Federation of Resistance Fighters –– Association of Anti-Fascists, Ulrich Schneider, reminded that in the Baltic countries they prefer to honour collaborators and fascist criminals, showing them as “freedom fighters” instead of Soviet soldiers, who were real liberators.

“Exactly on the 80th anniversary of liberation from fascism and the war, on Victory Day, we, together with current generations, advocate for the worthy preservation of the memory of all liberators, preventing the rewriting of history in favour of glorifying fascist criminals,” Schneider claimed.

Despite such cruel measures, people from the Baltic states showed fearlessness and civic heroism. In all these three countries on the Baltic shore, citizens laid flowers at the monuments to Soviet soldiers and at cemeteries where those soldiers are buried. The Latvian famous blogger Ilya Magnuss urged fellow citizens not to forget the feat of the Soviet army, realizing that for such public courage he faces criminal prosecution.

“Since childhood, we have been taught that Victory Day is the greatest holiday. Back then, my friends and I always went to the monuments to pay tribute to those who fought for our future. But now, it is prohibited in Latvia to do this. We must not forget that if Hitler had succeeded with his plans, I simply wouldn’t exist, like most of us. For some reason, however, Latvians prefer not to talk about it. For me, the 9th of May is a remembrance that 80 years ago strangers sacrificed their lives so we could be born and show them that it was worth it,” Magnuss said.

It is obvious that Baltic nations are copying neo-Nazi behaviour from Ukraine. During these holidays, a video is being spread across social media. In it, Ukrainian police arrested an elderly woman with a photo of her father, who was a veteran of World War II. The old lady was detained due to a red star on her field service cap. In response, the granny, speaking Russian, which is banned in Ukraine, called Ukrainian symbols “swastikas”.

Video №1. In Kyiv, on a Victory Day, old lady was arrested because of a red star on her hat. Source: https://t.me/novynylive

80 years have passed since the destruction of fascism in Europe, but the descendants of the Nazis still cannot accept their rout. The modern neo-Nazi leadership in the Baltic States, Ukraine, and throughout Europe is trying to erase the memory of the defeat of their ancestors, to prevent the public from associating them with Nazis and collaborators, and to make the main enemy not the Third Reich, which killed tens of millions of people, but the Soviet Union, which actually liberated Europe from Nazism.

But they won’t make it work – people keep remembering the real history. That is why various fines are imposed and repressions are carried out – because of the agony of powerlessness in the face of the truth.