After 80 years, the last of the French warriors in World War II warns of defending peace
propagandaFrance celebrated on Thursday The 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. French President Emmanuel Macron presided over the national celebration in the capital, Paris, and deposits a crown of flowers before a A crowd in the statue of General Charles de GaulleWhich led the French resistance against Nazi Germany.
But while France remembered millions of people Who fought and died in the war, also faced the fact of alert: There are few who were direct witnesses about their horrors.
“Unfortunately, we are less and less,” said Marcana Marincovsky, 89, who had only nine nine When Paris was released from the Nazi occupation in 1944. “This worries me a lot, because finding me alone is something that worries me a lot,” he added.
Marcinkowski He fears the war lessons They are at risk of being lost in young generations. “I feel that these lessons have already forgotten. In schools He left completely talking about World War II From the First World War, “said” Euronews.
But while A great invasion of Ukraine by Russia It raises to the gates of Europe, where the few old warriors feel still the story is about to repeat. “I am very committed to peace. We must do everything possible to prevent people from Jean Yajkdian, an old warrior in World War II 101 -says if he keeps each other.
“I am very close to this message because I saw a lot of people (dying) from the most terrible shapes. I will fight for peace with all my strengthTell Euronews.
In his speech, Macron echoed a similar feelingWarning against contentment with current tensions. The French president said: “We will not finish fighting for victory and defending peace.”
“We will never finish demanding our country, defending our independence and freedom. Therefore,, There will always be France. With it, Europe, Europe and our peace. “
