Yesterday I found this Russian message on my
grabber, commemorating the 74th anniversary of the end of the siege of
Leningrad.
Looking up the background in Wikipedia was kind of a shock: between
1942 and 1944, an estimated 1.1 Million people were intentionally
killed by starvation and deprivation. What an ugly crime! Knowing that
it had been planned and committed by people from my country, even from
the city where I live, made me feel humble and ashamed.
In the same context, see also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Holocaust_Remembrance_Day
Let's make sure we don't forget those lessons from the past.
73, Markus (DF6NM)
