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minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoI’ve lived in both Eastern and Western Europe. The West is full of stories like “and this is where the British and Americans fought and bled for our freedom and liberation”. The East is more like “remember when the Russians gangraped Grandma to death, and we had to hide in the swamp from them”. The reason it is not celebrated equally is because the Russians were just as bad as the Nazi occupation.
I’ve lived in both Eastern and Western Europe.
The West is full of stories like “and this is where the British and Americans fought and bled for our freedom and liberation”.
The East is more like “remember when the Russians gangraped Grandma to death, and we had to hide in the swamp from them”.
The reason it is not celebrated equally is because the Russians were just as bad as the Nazi occupation.