81 Years On – Still Relevant

Anti-communism goes hand in hand with military involvement and the shift toward a war economy—one we are once again expected to sacrifice ourselves for. We remember history and the sacrifices made by comrades before us, writes Rikke G.F. Carlsson in this blog.
Why do we continue, in these days marking the liberation from Nazism after World War II, to lay flowers, give speeches, sing, and march with torches?
We do not do this out of symbolic tradition or patriotism toward the “fatherland.”
We do it because comrades before us gave their lives so that such horrors would never be repeated. They bore witness to all the warning signs that lead to world wars.
It did not begin in 1939, but much earlier. Already with the Spanish Civil War—which in historical context was a prelude to World War II—many volunteers from across the world joined the International Brigades to fight the rising fascism and the growing war economy.
Volunteers from Denmark also went to Spain—90 years ago now.
It was largely their experiences that helped build the resistance movements.
These fascist forces are still present today, and it is up to us once again to stop them. Meanwhile, the European Union and national governments attempt, through legislation, to erase this instructive history.
History Cannot Be Erased
Memorials are being removed, and communism is officially equated with Nazism.
Nothing could be more wrong.
If history is not to repeat itself, we must—on behalf of those who fought—speak out. Across Europe, it was especially communists who fought and sacrificed their lives against Nazism, and together with the Red Army of the Soviet Union, liberation was achieved.
These fascist forces still exist, and it is up to us to prevent their return, while the European Union and national governments try to suppress this historical truth.
The Danish government collaborated with the Nazis. Only thanks to resistance did Denmark avoid being categorized as a Nazi ally.
We communists and our descendants are still fighting for recognition after the horrific consequences in which our government was also complicit.
The War Still Lives On
Suddenly, photographs appear in an online auction in Belgium documenting the execution of 200 Greek communists on May 1, 1944, in a suburb of Athens.
As in Denmark, it was not the German occupying forces who arrested the communists, but the Greek government, which handed over more than 2,000 communists to the Wehrmacht.
The photographs were taken by a German Wehrmacht soldier and have only now come to light.
The Communist Party of Greece has now raised demands within the European Union that the German state must finally pay the war reparations it owes Greece.
The Commission’s response was provocative: “Historical narratives and war reparations do not fall within the Commission’s mandate,” they claim—despite the images clearly revealing the true face of Nazism. The European Union, which officially equates communism with fascism, is exposed by this evidence.
They demand that Russia pay war reparations to Ukraine, yet they refuse to support claims for German reparations to Greece—even though Greece is an EU member.
Double Standards
The European Union has no problem distorting history when it designates August 23 (the day of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact) as the “European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Nazism and Communism.”
Nor when it turns May 9, Europe’s liberation day, into Europe Day.
The same Union turns a blind eye to member states that today attempt to ban communist parties, as in Poland—just as happened in Denmark during the occupation.
It has also promoted narratives such as the “Holodomor” (the so-called Ukrainian famine), while hosting a wide range of fascist-related events in the European Parliament.
The EU continues to issue a stream of anti-communist resolutions that distort the history written by the people in blood.
At the same time, it legalizes and supports imperialist attacks, atrocities, and genocides around the world together with its allies, the United States and Israel.
It also bans events in the European Parliament expressing solidarity with Cuba, while supporting United States policies aimed at suppressing it.
Yet compensation for Nazi crimes, forced loans during occupation, and the plundering of archaeological treasures—all matters governed by international treaties binding on two of its member states—apparently do not fall within its responsibilities.
We Do Not Forget
The deeply reactionary policies of the European Union and its governments are embedded in the DNA of every imperialist transnational alliance. That is why they cannot hide their aversion to anything that exposes the fundamental divide between two opposing worlds: us, who fight for the people and are sacrificed, and those who exploit the people and go free.
These photographs make that clear. Anti-communism goes hand in hand with military involvement and the shift toward a war economy—one we are once again expected to sacrifice ourselves for.
We remember history and the sacrifices made by our comrades.
That is why we continue.
In the end, the people will prevail.

https://arbejderen.dk/blog/81-aar-og-stadig-aktuel/

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