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A private group of political candidates and a junior minister, with a curiously timed announcement claiming to speak for one of our most sensitive and core issues! Sorry. My vote is not for sale and I simply can’t support such political chicanery when it comes to the tragedy that befell my ancestors.
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0Thank goodness somebody is finally starting to do SOMETHING about this.
I think it's excellent that Canadians are trying to put something together like this. Russia needs to take responsibility, and by doing this in their OWN country.
Maybe it's not the way we want it to be, but at least it is something. And I'm really glad to hear that the Russian community (in Canada at least) is involved
with this.
I think it's excellent that Canadians are trying to put something together like this. Russia needs to take responsibility, and by doing this in their OWN country.
Maybe it's not the way we want it to be, but at least it is something. And I'm really glad to hear that the Russian community (in Canada at least) is involved
with this.
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0I'm not sure I understand. Is this a government initiative or a private company?
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0The first line says it all: Representatives from Canada’s ethno-cultural communities have created a non-profit organization, Tribute to Liberty.
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0Who is the junior minister? And how is this an attempt at pandering for votes or "chicanery"?
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0So is this something that EKN is involved in? How is the Estonian community involved?
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0the timing isn't so curious as 70 years ago, at this time, World War I was just coming to an end. And 2009 will be 70th anniversary marking the beginning of WWII, this was where the Communist crimes against humanity....a world war 70 million cilvilians perished...I can't even imagine this, being as young as I am. I think that is twice the population of Canada? But anyways, the Communist Crimes of the Soviet Union take place during this time. Perhaps that it is why it is important for now, especially with the Russian government, to begin the process of admission of guilt.
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0the timing isn't so curious as 70 years ago, at this time, World War I was just coming to an end. And 2009 will mark the 70th anniversary of the beginning of WWII. 70 million cilvilians perished...I can't even imagine this, being as young as I am. I believe that is twice the population of Canada. And this war is when the Communist Crimes of the Soviet Union took place, so that is perhaps the reason for the timing.
Why would anytime be curious anyway?
Why would anytime be curious anyway?
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0Huh? Most of us don't have to think too hard to understand the timing question.
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0There was only ever one Soviet crime committed, and that was in the year 1937. Anything else find strong backing from the local governments of the day, and puts paid to any suggestions that Estonia was forcefully occupied by the soviet union in 1944. A lot of people connected with the military during the first version of the installed soviet government saw the material benefits of serving in the Red army, and many soldiers didn't think twice about enlisting with the Soviet army when things got heated in 1944. The German army gave generous handouts to soldiers serving with the German forces in Germany and her satellite states, but left most other enlisted personnel high and dry, including the Baltic contingent. For Estonians in German uniform it was a lose-lose battle, although many would still argue the contrary, because they refuse to accept defeat graciously.
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0Congratulations, Erik!
Just as we thought that you had long crawled along the bottom of the morality sphere, you found yourself yet a lower level to go.
What a repulsive sight you are!
Just as we thought that you had long crawled along the bottom of the morality sphere, you found yourself yet a lower level to go.
What a repulsive sight you are!
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0I have to disagree with you here Maxim.
Most of the men who were forced to mobilize with the Red Army in '41 were sent to starve in The Archipelago. Most of those who survived and returned in '44 were not given any special treatment except those few who had voluntarily signed up in '41. The treatment that say, Georg Ots received was an exception, not the rule.
Most of the men who were forced to mobilize with the Red Army in '41 were sent to starve in The Archipelago. Most of those who survived and returned in '44 were not given any special treatment except those few who had voluntarily signed up in '41. The treatment that say, Georg Ots received was an exception, not the rule.
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0Erik, a woodpecker could hide in the woods, if it wasn't for his beak.
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0Could someone please tell me once and for all who is Erik? Did he possess a left-leaning mentality, or did he just shoot straight from the hip joint? I have heard from numerous Estonian men that indeed the call to fight with the reds was partly motivated from a better material advantage, since the Russian front was a dismal place to be, but where Russians marched in with joy on their faces, there were better servings of food rations and clothing was markedly better than the German soldiers'. This was due to the fact that Hitler turned his back on his troops at the most crucial point in 20th century European history, but aside from the Leningrad blockade, Red Estonians survived largely due to the lack of starvation which pervaded a lot of wartorn fronts.
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0Who is Erik? A guy well-known in Toronto, aka Maxim, Maxinahv, Maxim de la Trine.
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0...but he'll settle for attention.
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