Comment on YSK: There are hundreds of monuments around the world to people who abetted or took part in the murder of Jews and others during the Holocaust

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I was wondering who it was.

  Pyotr Krasnov, historian, antisemite and Nazi collaborator. Krasnov was a commander of the Don Cossacks who fought against the Communists during the Russian Civil War

  Turns out commies really don’t like Nazis so it’s not surprising at all. Especially considering the geopolitical situation around that time.

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  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Looking into the specific monument, it appears to be in someone’s front garden, and there’s been legal attempts to have it removed.

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• RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Russia really doesn’t like Nazis, after what they did to the USSR. Rehabilitation of nazisism and holocaust denial are illegal there.

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  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah but a lot has changed since 1991. Wagner was named after Hitler’s favorite composer, and I don’t think that was a mistake. I suppose outright putting up a statue of a Nazi is still taboo there though.

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  • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Odd because the Russian right has openly embraced neo Nazis. Russian soldiers are doing Nazi salutes or having Nazi tattoos. Nazi gangs attack people up in the cities. Etc

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Nazism_in_Russia

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