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Commemoration day in Russia

In an interview with Thomas Frank for the program Kulturfragen from public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk, Principal Investigator and director of the Center for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Gwendolyn Sasse, talks about the celebration for the commemoration days on May 8th and 9th. More and more, the focus shifts toward the second World War but simultaneously, historical details are vanishing. Besides the accuracy of history, the overall knowledge of the war is also declining, says Sasse. Listen to the audio piece here (in German).

News from May 08, 2022