At the opening of the Holocaust Gallery in the center of the Jewish community in Tallinn Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip (Andrus Ansip) was, according to the Internet-portal of the rus.Delfi, “mourning and pain, which caused the local Jewish community, Holocaust”. But no mention or repentance (throughout the Holocaust is to blame) for complicity in the destruction of the civilian population of the Estonians, including Estonian Jews, with the arrival of the Germans were not able to leave Estonia. Moreover, the BNS news agency quoted the head of Government: “the crimes committed by totalitarian regimes, have no statute of limitations, there is no justification, and Estonia their uniquely condemned”.
To be perpetuating-974 Jew killed in Estonia during the German occupation 1941-1944. In the whole of Estonia according to different estimates from 7500-8500 destroyed Jews and nearly 1000 Gypsies. According to official data of the MINISTRY of FOREIGN AFFAIRS of Estonia, on the territory of the Republic for the period of German occupation, some 8000 people were killed and 20 thousand inhabitants of other countries, including the Soviet prisoners of war. In fact (according to Soviet data) during the war years in German-occupied Estonia, the Nazis killed more than 61, thousands of civilians and prisoners-of-thousands of 64. Most were taken from outside Estonia. Why so?
Would have to ask yourself and
As it didn’t like the Estonian authorities and the public, “the case” has been called “the flow” and yet, according to a report of mass killings by brigadenfûrerom SS, head of the “Èjnzac group” Štalkerom the name of the Himmler There are “greatly facilitated the work of the security police actively participate in the work of nationalists Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia”.
Especially the invaders were members of the paramilitary organization “Omakajtse” (“Ou”). It includes thousands of members of the pre-war repetitive, existing today in Estonia of the Defence League “(” Defense Union “). Thanks and Estonian volunteers (their names are known), the German high command reported to Berlin that Estonia fully začiŝena of Jews (Judenfrei). Estonian collaborators participated in the massive destruction of the civilian population and on the territory of Russia, Byelorussia, Slovakia.
In early July 2002, the Israeli public organizations headed the Estonian security police Jüri Pihlu (Jüri Pihl) was transferred to the impressive list of participants formed from Estonians 36 1st Battalion police suspected of killing Jews in the Belarusian town of Novogrudok in 1942. The investigation and prosecution of anti-Fascists in Estonia ohočee Office Jüri Pihlâ stated that soldiers of the battalion did not participate directly in the killings.
In response, Efraim Zuroff -Israeli historian and head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a well-known active searches for Nazi criminals, called the findings “unprofessional and incompetent”. He continues to believe that in the Baltic States deliberately refuse to prosecute local Nazi collaborators.
Slow investigation and lack of Estonian Holocaust perpetrators involved the constant criticisms over its borders. About ten years ago, the United States Ambassador in Riyadh was even forced to make a statement, the view was expressed that the topic of the Holocaust is poorly covered in school history textbooks.
In the report of the Simon Wiesenthal Center from 2006, Estonia was one of the countries classified as f. includes countries whose actions to apprehend the criminals had failed completely and who do not agree to investigate and judge them, despite the fact that they live in their territory. I.e. it was harboring war criminals. In 2009, Ephraim Zuroff criticized the Estonian authorities for what they call crimes of Nazism and communism, pushing back the background of the Holocaust itself. But amazingly, the efforts of Mr. Zuroffa were subjected to vicious and banal criticized by politicians and journalists, who felt that his “irrational” led to a rise in anti-Semitism in Estonia.
But soon the Estonian attacking were disavowed by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Israel Daniel Ayalon (former Ambassador of Israel in Moscow), which had full confidence in Estonia’s actions in the investigation of crimes of the Nazis.
Soviet “the hidden Holocaust”
Inspired by such “an indulgence” Estonian historians Anton Weiss-Wendt (Anton Véis-Vendt) and Meelis Maripuu (Meelis Maripuu) claimed that after the “occupation” (correct: annexation or accession) of Estonia in 1940, the Soviet Union has increased the negative attitudes of Estonians to the Jews. In particular, the second historian Associates this with the fact that some Jews actively participated in the politics of Soviet power, the first that a number of positions of middle and senior management took the Jews from the USSR. The Weiss-Wendt is convinced: the majority of Jews of about haunted by the Bolsheviks and Nazis. Here is another example of artificial synthesis, a covert revision history of the second world war. In short: the Nazis and the Communists, one feather. But at the same time, explains why local anti-Semitism means its recognition!
And therefore do not understand the European Parliament deputies from the Centrist party of Estonia Siiri Oviir For The (Siiri Oviir), when several years ago she one her colleague in Parliament-Greek Communist leader said the involvement of Estonians in the Holocaust. The more AIR is stored in the State Archives developed by German-fascist invaders in the Commonwealth with collaborators promotional posters with the Estonian text.
One of them (see photo) is drawn from a Jew with karikaturno star of David, and is entitled the poster: “JEW-your ETERNAL enemy” and “Stalin and the JEWS belong to a GANG of CRIMINALS!”. A huge poster is filled with anti-Semitic “commandments”-”who tortured in the cellars of the NKVD, millions of people from your number? A JEW! “,” who brought you to starvation and sink your land in tears and blood? A JEW! “,” who were auxiliaries executioner Stalin? A JEW! “, Who promised you heaven on Earth, and resulted in hell? A JEW! “and another 20 such frenzied charges.
Remember that in Estonia-NI-no! So, Andrus Ansip, following the principle of “who will be remembered by old, eye Vaughn”, States that “mutual understanding” between the authorities of Estonia and the Jewish community of the country “will not be swayed by neither wickedness, neither negligence nor a provocateur, no yellow Edition and none of the foreign political technologist”. It turns out that any mention of anti-Semitism among the Estonians and the history of Estonia-provocation.
But someone still allowed: looking at what angle to look at the problem. Thus, the Estonian historians report that on the eve of the war in distant parts of the Soviet Union along with Estonians and other nationalities was sent and 439 Jews, which amounted to more than 10% of the total Jewish population of Estonia. According to Estonian historians, the Jews suffered this Soviet action even more than Estonians.
This “book” approach is troubling. So much so that to recognize these same historians, although moved to the East, Jews were able to avoid subsequent destruction at the hands of the German occupiers and their collaborators, but satisfying public-political order of the authorities, they note that some of them still died in Soviet prisons and camps. And Weiss-productions have been: with some exaggeration, you can talk about “the hidden Holocaust” during the Soviet period.
And again, one cannot help being amazed abundance-cynical politicized towards history to divert attention from the crimes zdzięcioł!
Estonia respects the local Jews
Finally zamirilis′ authorities and the Jewish community of Estonia five years ago, when she took a neutral position with regard to the “bronze soldier” and participated in the reburial of the remains of the deceased in 1944, with the release of Tallinn from fascists nurse Helena (Leniny) at Warsaw Mihajlovny’s famous Mount of olives in Jerusalem.
Jewish community otstranilas′ and the fight against the revisionist and progitlerovskogo rewriting of the history of the second world war in Estonia. A notable landmark of the normalization of relations of power and the community was also five years ago, the opening of the new synagogue in Tallinn, where among the guests were the most representative persons from Israel and Estonia’s top management. Well, the Russian community, you can only rejoice at the good envious skill of the local Jewish community to create conditions conducive to their activities, which is often invokes nedoumënnye issues in Israel itself, where cannot conceal the surprise of “flexibility” of the Jewish community in Estonia.
Andrus Ansip said in his speech that in the distant past, when Estonia just found independence, she became the first State in the world who have autonomy for the Jewish minority. ” He noted as an amazing coincidence that “it is January 27, 1925, in the great Hall of the Riigikogu passed the debate on the draft” law on cultural autonomy bodies of national minorities “. And continued: “in the next year, our Jewish community took advantage of them. The Act of legal language was what really was internally understand Estonians always-namely our as small people, understanding of other cultures “. Noting the achievements of Estonia, the Prime Minister did not forget and 1993, when, after the restoration of independence, Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament) passed a law which granted an opportunity to re-enter the pre-war Jewish cultural self-government in Estonia. And it’s not all. Andrus Ansip as the uvereniû, the Estonians highly valued the contribution of the Jewish community in the history of the birth, rebirth and the success of the Republic of Estonia, beginning with Jewish volunteers who fought during the war of liberation (in 1918-1920) and ending with figures of culture and art, which brought Estonia’s fame and success. Head of Government and it was not enough: he recalled that immediately after the proclamation of independence in 1918, Estonia has done its utmost to ensure that the national cultural rights of the Jewish community, this principle has been recorded in the birth of the Republic of Estonia-Manifesto of independence. But the apotheosis of these words have become Prime Minister of Estonia: “Estonians, as small people, have always understood the suffering of the Jews and cherished friendship with the Jews.”
And this though and throughout last year, the Jewish community of Estonia was forced to make by protest statements. The event was enough! The South-Estonian cities of Viljandi and Tartu celebrated 70 years of entry into force of the German-fascist invaders in their city, after which followed the “hunt” for Jews. The Museum opened an exhibit devoted to one of the ideologues of Nazism and racial purity, the local German compatriot, Alfred Rosenberg, povešennogo by the Nuremberg Tribunal. Then again in Tartu, in the District of Tammelinna on the balcony of the two-storey mansion posted “installation”-flag-rug depicting a black swastika on a white background in a red border, and a plaque on the gates of the House read, saying, this is the art and invited to express their views. So here’s the place … Despite all this, some representatives of the Jewish community consider relations with the State not only acceptable but exemplary. And yet, the President of the Government and authorities to the Jewish community is a falsehood.
“This dam, the dam, and the Russians.”
Estonia notorious worldwide for its “Russian question”. This is neugasaûŝee inter-ethnic mistrust and confrontation between the Russians, with the titular nation. The explanation is simple: the same principles and approaches that Estonia complied with in respect of the same five Jewish community, and an absolute majority of the other minorities, does not apply when it comes to the Russian minority. Why so?
Because we are talking about nationality Russians? If so, from this (destruction of people by nationality) and began the Holocaust. Or because the Russians were linked with Russia-enemy of Estonia, but because they are “fifth column”? Or because the Russian minority is almost three hundred thousand people or a quarter?
Or because the local Russians turned into hostages of the Estonian national policy, which already is inconceivable without parazitirovaniâ power at the “Russian question”?
That is when this “question” is transformed into a public policy tool to address failures in domestic policy, shifting all socio-economic hardship on politically disempowered and Russian-speaking population and in the case of his grievances to provoke inter-ethnic strife to frightening man conflict, like “the bronze nights”.
And here is why there are thoughts about insincerity and ethnic selectivity Andrus Ansip as. Reviewing his statement at the opening of the gallery in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, it is difficult to understand his sentenciû that few people can easily understand each other. Appears to have Prime Minister identifies the people and power, because it is difficult to understand why must be small people to understand the suffering of other people. Is this a deception. And how can we forget that the Russian population 20 years ago, powerfully supported the desire of Estonians to independence.
And that they had received in gratitude? Years of persecution of the Estonian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), which has not returned to her pre-war land ownership and other real estate. Last year, the Estonian authorities staged a shameful and offensive to believers rusofobskij farce with the financing of the construction of the Orthodox Church in Tallinn, the drowning Church in political scandal since the Centre Party, for the casting of majority Russian population. In the end, which for many years the Church has never entered into operation. Worth remembering that the construction of synagogue in Tallinn a modest donation made and Prime Minister Andrus Ansip.
Today, interethnic tension associated with the reform of gymnasiums and basic schools with Russian as the language of instruction. Its purpose was the èstonizaciâ of Russian education. This is a separate topic and great conversation. But again asks comparison: in the capital of the Jewish Gymnasium on Israeli textbooks taught not only the history of Israel, but it is inconceivable that the authorities in the Russian-language schools and gymnasiums study textbooks on Russian history and culture of Russia.
“Other people too” Hooray! “
Or take the Russian cultural and national autonomy. Authorities have already before the war prevented the Russian community to seize this opportunity and, at the end of 30-ies of the last century and are denied this. The same thing today. Russian party in Estonia, the Estonian politicians loyal to the Estonian State, the last three years to legally produce the most cultural self-government for the Russians, and only for those who has Estonian citizenship (that is the requirement of the Act). And that? The State has denied violating the law and motion “hovered” dispute in the courts.
It is also difficult to understand why the Estonian public and the authorities never announced that appreciates the role and achievements of the Russian community in the development of Estonian culture. Although this (interaction) influence on German culture over many centuries, is enormous and not to recognize this is ludicrous. By the way, the impact of the Russian culture was strong all post-war time.
As head of Government in his speech, forgot that the manifest of the independence of Estonia, passed in the year 1918, applies not only to Jews but to “all peoples”. Andrus Ansip as, however, you can understand, otherwise he would have to recognize one third of the population (i.e. all non-Estonians) “its”, i.e. recognize Estonian residents equal rights with the Estonians. But today, the two Russian residents of the three are not allowed to participate in parliamentary elections, they cannot, nor to stand as a candidate for Deputy Mayor or participate in the voting!
In Estonian Internet portals in recent days of lively debate and offer members Tallinn gorsobraniâ Max Kaur to erect Holocaust Memorial near the capital of Estonia, Klooga. There was one of several dozen German occupying concentration camps. Immediately after the war it was monument, among them many Jews. After regaining independence, Estonia’s Jewish community has another monument in Klooga Jews stirred up. By the way, the construction of a partially funded and the Government of Estonia. And here’s the old monument of polurazrušen, and the authorities there to this case.
Unequal treatment of the authorities to their national minorities inspired with a story to the legend, told me dad. After the great patriotic war in military units before coming to read not order it Stalin. Text end zdravicej: “Russian people-” cheers! “in one part of the” politruk “asked:” is there? “and suddenly heard it from a representative of the Central Asia:” how to be with other people? “is a tribute politruku, after a short pause he has uttered:” other people too “cheers!” is missing the same resourcefulness to the Estonian authorities. There was a lack of political culture to come out of the situation, as did French President Francois Mitterrand after the arson attack in the French “backwoods” synagogue. He made the statement: “this crime is directed not against the Jews of France, and France!”
Instead, in a spirit of national inferiority complexes, President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves (Toomas Hendrik Ilves) told Swiss newspaper that Russian language is the language of the occupying power “. Its not even perturbed about that, recalling the history of his people, the same thing he could say and about the languages of other “occupiers” and “colonizing” Estonia-German, Swedish and Danish.
P.S. Academician Johannes Hejl′ (Johannes Heil) liked to poke fun at his colleagues at the Academy of Sciences of the ESTONIAN SSR. When they fell asleep after dinner meeting of the Presidium, he awakened all statement: “and now for a change, I will speak in English!” “Diversity”, that is funny note, I want to complete and the above sad analysis. During Soviet time the departmental newspaper news agency TASS published a small note with an unusual history. At night the Agency identify the journalist-tassovec Shapiro. He viewed from teleprinters newswires world agencies. And stumbled upon a ruling of the Ocean News-UPI “TASS building burns in Moscow”. He immediately went to the staircase and shouted down the sentry: “we are eager?” Checked, and it turned out that there has been spontaneous combustion of waste paper in the cellars. Smoke and knocking him out. Soviet journalist Shapiro sparked the fire. But even before that by building the American correspondent of TASS, UPI was also named Shapiro, who handed over the ocean “hot” news. Hence the note title: “two worlds-two Shapiro”.
Wrote and thought, and will understand whether all Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, whether he is able to live together with all the inhabitants of their country?
