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A memorial cross to Soviet prisoners was set at the central cemetery in Frankfurt am Main over the mass grave where more than 600 people found their rest. Diplomats from Russia and CIS countries took part in solemn unveiling of the monument, as well as social figures and Orthodox religious leaders. Architects from Russia and Germany were working over the memorial sign, according to the Facebook page of the Russian Embassy in Germany.
Russian Consul General Alexander Bulay in his message reminded the audience of the horrible numbers. Around 700 000 Soviet Union’s civilians and Red Army officers were buried in Germany during the war. The unity of multinational great country held victory over Fascism. Alexander Bulay thanked everybody involved in work over the monument.
Deputy Head of the Department on Military Memorial Work of the Russian Embassy Alexander Gribovsky talked in his speech that all the people had the only one purpose in fighting against Fascism. He focused on the fact that the Great Patriotic War was not the war between the Russians and the Germans; it was the war against Nazism.
There was a church service before opening the memorial, after that the cross was sanctified. Representatives from Russia and Germany agreed on collaboration in the field of filling gaps in the combined war history.
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