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Israel’s Soviet Red Army ‘Victory Monument’

Timothy Fitzpatrick
Visiting Russia’s President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to unveil the brand-new “Victory Monument” in the Mediterranean city of Netanya in northern Israel on June 25, 2012. The monument commemorates fallen soldiers of the Red Army as well as the role of the Soviet Union in the victory over Nazi Germany and the so called liberation of the death camps during the Second World War. (Photo: ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/GettyImages)

From the mayor of Netanya, Israel:

The National Monument commemorating the victory of the Red Army over Nazi Germany, which was erected on the shores of the city of Netanya, praises formative moments in the history of humanity, marked by cooperation, determination, supreme heroism and belief in mankind.

World War II was the biggest and most terrible war in human history. Millions of people around the entire world perished at the hands of the Nazi beast, including six million Jews: men, women and children.

The soldiers of the Red Army halted with their own bodies the horrors and brutality of that war. Thus, this memorial built in our city, is a moral debt and a tribute to those millions of soldiers and casualties .

Due to its historical and national importance, the monument was inaugurated in the presence of Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin and Israeli President Mr. Shimon Peres—great and exemplary leaders.

I would like to extend my gratitude to all the participants in the creation of this unique memorial, which will eternally remember those who fell and honor the victorious.

Sincerely,

Miriam Fierberg-Ikar

Mayor of Netanya, Israel

Visiting Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres as they take part in a ceremony to unveil the brand-new “Victory Monument” in the Mediterranean city of Netanya, north of Israel on June 25, 2012. —ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AFP/GettyImages)

Visiting Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres (C) take part in a ceremony to unveil the brand-new “Victory Monument” in the Mediterranean city of Netanya, north of Israel on June 25, 2012. —ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/GettyImages)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at the “Victory Monument” during a ceremony commemorating the Allied victory over Nazi Germany, at Yad LeBanim memorial, on May 08, 2014 in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya. —ACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images
Visiting Russia’s President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to unveil the brand-new “Victory Monument” in the Mediterranean city of Netanya, north of Israel on June 25, 2012. The monument commemorates fallen soldiers of the Red Army as well as the role of the Soviet Union in the victory over Nazi Germany and the liberation of the death camps during the Second World War. —ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP via Getty Images)
NETANYA, ISRAEL—Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the ceremony to unveil the brand-new “Victory Monument” at the World War II Memorial on June 25, 2012 in Netanya, Israel. President Putin is on his first Middle East tour for seven years beginning with a trip to Jerusalem today. Talks on the crisis in Syria and Iran’s nuclear plans will form part of the talks between Putin and Israeli leaders. (Photo by Jack Guez-Pool/Getty Images)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at the “Victory Monument” during a ceremony commemorating the Allied victory over Nazi Germany, at Yad LeBanim memorial, on May 08, 2014 in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya. —JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
NETANYA, ISRAEL—Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin observes the Victory Monument that marks the the victory of the Red Army over Nazi Germany in World War II, on February 25, 2014 in Netanya, Israel. Naryshkin is having a two-days parliamentary visit to Israel. (Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)

From left to right: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov looks on as Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman listens to Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) sitting next to President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres (R), attend a ceremony to unveil the brand-new “Victory Monument” in the Mediterranean city of Netanya, north of Israel on June 25, 2012. —JACK GUEZ/AFP/GettyImages)

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