On April 11, the world celebrated a memorable date - the International Day for the Liberation of Prisoners of Nazi Concentration Camps. It was established in memory of the uprising of prisoners of the Buchenwald concentration camp, which took place on April 11, 1945. During the years of the camp's existence (from 1937 to 1945), about 250 thousand people became its prisoners - Jews, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, political prisoners. Of these, more than 50 thousand died.
The truth and myths associated with Nazi and Soviet concentration camps, the stories of resistance in the camps, as well as the parallels between the camps of the Nazi and Soviet regimes were discussed in the program of the socio-political media platform InterVizor.TV. The guest of the broadcast was Dr. Igor Shchupak.
Among the program topics:
– Buchenwald, Auschwitz, NKVD: truth and myths about concentration camps;
– Uprisings, escapes and resistance: how it was;
– Prisoners: who they were and how they survived;
– Buchenwald as a symbol: liberation or repression?
You can watch the broadcast recording by the link.