“The war in Ukraine brings another importance to this place. That is to make it clear what exactly the Soviet Union was, namely that they were Allies. That those soldiers fought with us against Nazi Germany,” Reiding explains. “The Soviet Union confesses not only Russian, but also Armenian, Usbek, Ukrainian and Georgian. It must not be the case that the soldiers who have been lying here for eighty years are now seen as representatives of our new enemy. They are not. These guys fought for a good cause and they should not be forgotten.”
Still in tears 80 years after the war, Theo (98) was the last eyewitness of captured Soviet soldiers in Kamp Amersfoort
