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World War II veterans

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Main article: World War II

1945

Future great Russian actor Yuri Nikulin, spring, 1945.
Japanese war criminal Tojo Hideki attempted suicide after being captured on September 8, 1945. He was rescued, cured and then hanged.
German soldiers react to 1945 concentration camp personnel
The couple could not wait for the train to stop and gave each other a kiss, as the young man returned alive from the Siege of Dunkirk in 1945.
'Queen Elizabeth 'transport ship takes US soldiers from Europe to New York after World War II ends

1946

World War II veteran Merle Larson manually starts the stalled engine of his Piper J3 aircraft, USA, 1946 year.
Poster, USSR, 1940s.

The execution of Vlasov and convicts in his trial

​​Posle the execution of the sentence of the former general A. A. Vlasov and those convicted at his trial, August 1, 1946.

From Vlasov's last word at the trial:

  • The crimes I have conceived are great, and I expect a harsh punishment for them. The first fall is surrender. But I not only completely repented, however, late, but at the trial and investigation I tried to identify the whole gang as clearly as possible. I expect the most severe punishment.

Execution of Amon Goethe in Poland

Austrian Amon Göth, commandant of a concentration camp near the Polish city of Krakow, was transferred to Poland in the summer of 1946. His trial began on August 27, 1946. And already on September 5, 1946, the Supreme National Tribunal of Poland, held in Krakow, found Amon Göth guilty of the murder of more than 2 thousand people and sentenced him to death by hanging.

On September 13, 1946, at the age of 37, Amon Goet was hanged in the courtyard of Montelupich Prison, near the former Plashov concentration camp.

The execution of Amon Goet, the commandant of the concentration camp in Plashov. He is the same officer who had fun shooting concentration camp prisoners from a balcony with a sniper rifle.

The executioner twice allegedly "made a mistake in calculating" the necessary length of the rope and successfully hung Amon Goethe only on the third attempt. Before his death, Goethe shouted a Nazi salute: "Heil Hitler!."

Hanging Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Salasi for aiding Nazis

Hanging Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Salasi for aiding the Nazis, 1946

1955

American and Soviet war veterans against the background of the Central House of the Red Army. Moscow, USSR, May 9, 1955.

1967

Veteran of Stalingrad on Mamaev Kurgan, 1967.

1973

Veterans. Saur-Mogila, Donetsk region of the Ukrainian SSR, 1973.

2021: Putin signed a law on punishment for the rehabilitation of Nazism on the Internet and insulting veterans

  • For disseminating deliberately false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War, about war veterans committed publicly, faces a fine of up to 3 million rubles, or imprisonment for up to 3 years
  • If such a violation is committed using official position or using the media or the Internet, a fine of 2 to 5 million rubles, or imprisonment for five years.
  • For the dissemination of information expressing clear disrespect for society about the days of military glory and memorable dates of Russia associated with the defense of the Fatherland, as well as the desecration of the symbols of Russia's military glory, either insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and humiliating the honor and dignity of a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, committed publicly, a fine of up to 3 million rubles, or imprisonment for up to three years.