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The clip is great! Interesting how different nations refer to the same historical events in so many different ways. We commemorate the holocaust every year, here in Israel, in a special memorial day it has to do with a terrible loss and heroism but not with victory. And you know what? there was victory there but the focus in our country is on the 6 million Jews brutally murdered. So for me it was surprising to read what you wrote, kind of an eye opening. And I certainly agree the whole world must never forget.
Commemorating the Victory we remember all the people who died during the War, who gave their lives so that people all over the World could live without war (unfortunately, there are still wars in different parts of the world). We call it "a holiday full of tears" because millions and millions of people of different nations died during the fights, the attacks and in the death camps. Lots of them survived but died after the War because of the injuries. I never thought why do we call it a Victory Day but now I think it is a psychological thing. When people remember about such a Great Victory they know that the evil is vincible.
Volga, thank you very much for the lyrics. It �s my favourite song.
It was written by Rassoul Gamzatov, a great poet who was born in Dagestan (Caucasian part of Russia) and whose touching lyrics were translated into Russian and into many other languages (His native tongue is Avar language). Here is a link to the song (the English translation is a bit different).
