On May 8-9, Ukraine traditionally commemorates the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation and the Day of Victory over Nazism in World War II. These days it is important to remind of the extraordinary role of Ukrainians in the victory of the United Nations in World War II, to pay tribute to all fighters against Nazism, to perpetuate the memory of fallen soldiers, victims of war, war crimes, deportations and crimes against humanity. years.
These May days, the Ukrainian people, along with Europe and the world, honor the courage and sacrifice of those who passed the burning fronts of World War II, who suffered difficult years of occupation and the hell of Nazi concentration camps, who in the postwar years revived thousands of Ukrainian ruins. cities and villages.
The contribution of the Ukrainian people to the victory over Nazism cannot be overestimated: more than 9 million people were taken from Ukraine to the Soviet Armed Forces, about 4 million of them died in fierce battles, saving the world from Nazi enslavement. The main decisive events on the Soviet-German front are connected with our country.
Т.Ковтун. History teacher.
In the photo: Commemoration of the victims of the Second World War by students and teachers of VSP Agrotechnical College of Uman NUS
