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EP: Hitler and Stalin's victims remembered with special day

In the litany of historical infamy, the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of August 1939 looms large. It led to terror and occupation for the countries carved up by Hitler and Stalin. To commemorate the victims of Stalinism and Nazism, the date of the fateful pact - 23 August 1939 - has been deemed a day of remembrance by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

Next year will mark the 70th anniversary of the pact and MEPs believe "a common understanding of the past” is necessary to "to build our common future".
 
The whole article is to read at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/017-38392-338-12-49-902-20080929STO38339-2008-03-12-2008/default_en.htm