Statement of Mr. Rade Drobac in Round table The path to victory. Socio-Political and Scientific Significance of the cycle of traveling exhibitions for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the peoples of Europe from Nazism.
Organizers of this Round table are The State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Russian Historical Association "History of Motherland" Found, Moscow, 24th of July 2020.

Ladies and Gentleman,
Dear colleagues,

I would like to thanks the organizers of this round table for the invitation of the representative of the Belgrade Forum to it, and to very welcome such a gathering dedicated to the maintenance of historical memory about the World War II and, in the same time, to the counteracting to the attempts of rewriting the outcome of that war and the rehabilitation of Nazism.

Dear colleagues, during that unfortunate war, in the multinational and multi confessional country, as Yugoslavia was, Serbian people were the core of the very strong resistance against the Nazism and a lot of them lost their lives in the combats against the fascists during long four years. Moreover, some hundred thousands of them lost their lives in the concentration camps on the territory of Yugoslavia and in neighboring countries, victims of the extreme and brutal extermination of the occupation forces in our country, in the concentration camps abroad and, especially, in the puppet criminal state, established in the part of the country called Croatia, under the name “Independent state of Croatia”, after the entrance of the fascists in our country. Only in the concentration camp of Jasenovac in that criminal state about 700.000 Serbs were killed during its existence, some 33.000 of Jews and about 80.000 Roma, all civilians, and between them a lot of women and, even worse, children.

In connection with the contemporary identity of the peoples of Europe and the World War II and the historical experience of the XX century, it is maybe necessary to remind to you that Yugoslavia was occupied not only by Germany, but parts of the country were under the occupation of Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria. Parts of its territory were given to the friendly population toward fascists, such to Croats in the Independent state of Croatia or to Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija, that was formally under Italy but where Albanians persecuted the Serbian population without limits or restrictions. It is important to know that during World War II more than 120.000 Serbs left that province, in order to escape the killings and terror of Albanians over them.

After the end of the World War II it was more or less evident who has the positive and who the negative role in that war and what really happened in our country and in Europe.
Is it the same today?  Just make a short overlook. Germany is the champion of democracy, economic leader of the European Union, politically very influent in Europe and especially in the European Union but, very strange, relating to Yugoslavia, Germany was between the most involved countries in its violent destruction supporting who- the same partners from the period of World War II- Croats and Albanians and, against who – Serbs. Croatia is today independent country, member of the EU, all the time criticizing Serbia, Albanians from Kosovo and Metohija, after the military aggression of OTAN against Yugoslavia, precisely over Kosovo issue (we can openly say Serbia), are trying to take that Serbian province from the rest of the country and establish on the Serbian soil their own state, as the first step of the formation of the “Big Albania” or, as they say “historical Albania”. With the help of Germany (we can openly say EU), of course

Who are the bad boys again – Serbs naturally, as during the World War II.

Dear colleagues,
We gathered here to discuss about the rewriting the outcome of the World War II and the rehabilitation of Nazism. Forgive me if I didn1t much your expectations, but is there better example of the return of the same politics and same actors as in the time of World War II, maybe without formal rewriting of the history but even more dangerous, rewriting the facts on the ground without alarming the world and achieving the same goals in new circumstances and environment. I hope that this short overview will contribute to you to understand better the contemporary situation in our region and in Europe.

Thank you for your attention.