17.04.2005 “I Feel Sympathy for the American Nation!”

February, 16, a meeting was held between the young Karelian anti-fascists, ex-prisoners of German death camps & young American Christians in the Museum in memoriam of the victims of fascism in honor of M. Kolbe. This was the second visit to the museum of the foreigners this year. During the meeting the ex-prisoners conducted a tour of the exhibition for the Americans & told them about those times when they were within a hair’s breadth of death in the German camps.
The ex-prisoners with the profoundest gratitude recall the day when they were liberated by the American troops. “I feel the most deep sympathy for all of the American nation, because this nation set us free from the terrible conditions of the death camp”, says ex-prisoner Zinaida Vladimirovna.
Then, during a friendly tee-party, the activists of the Youth Anti-fascist center conversed with the guests about the neo-nazism & neo-fascism in Russia & USA. The photos were shown representing the activity of neo-nazis in Karelia & the one of the center, as well as a CD film on extremism in America published by the Anti-Defamation League. The Americans were astonished by the fact that in Petrozavodsk this issue is far more known of, than in America.
A proposal of cooperation was made, including the one in the field of charity to the benefit of senior people.
Maxim Efimov,
Chair of the Karelian regional department of Interregional youth social & charity organization "Youth Human Rights Group" (YHRG), Head of the Youth Anti-fascist center, Editor in chief of the anti-fascist bulletin "Zero o' clock".