Communism dealt with everyone it declared its enemy, said Minister of Justice Judit Varga on the memorial day of Hungarian political prisoners and forced laborers transported to the Soviet Union, Friday, at the memorial to the victims of the Soviet occupation in Budapest.

The sins of the 20th century cannot be repeated, the past cannot and should not be erased, it is the responsibility and duty of every generation to call things by their true names, the minister emphasized.

He put it this way: Communism was a tragic and long-unspoken period of 20th century history, which went against everything that was human, noble, elevated and spiritual. Breaking all civilized laws, the Soviet empire mindlessly persecuted its perceived enemies: politicians, churchmen, and civilians. Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians were dragged into forced labor for many years under the pretext of Málenkij the robot, but for a long time it was not possible to talk about the Gulag and the crimes of communism, said Judit Varga.

He added: the future of the country is important to the Christian, national, conservative government, but also its past, which is why in 2002 it already had provisions for the commemoration day for the victims of communism, and in 2012 for the commemoration day for Hungarian political prisoners and forced laborers brought to the Soviet Union.

You can't change the past, but you can learn from it. It would be good if people followed the words of Jesus: do to them what you want them to do to you. May the memory of the victims be blessed! said the minister.

On behalf of the government, Judit Varga laid a wreath at the memorial to the victims of the Soviet occupation, and among others, the President of the Republic Katalin Novák, the Speaker of the House László Kövér, the Kúria, the prosecution, the Ministry of Defense and the command of the Hungarian Defense Forces laid a wreath.

On May 21, 2012, the Parliament declared November 25 as the day of remembrance for Hungarian political prisoners and forced laborers deported to the Soviet Union, in memory of the fact that the first group of Hungarians deported to the Gulag returned home on this day in 1953.

Source and full article: Magyar Hírlap

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