President Nicolae Timofti addressed a message to the people on the occasion of Victory Day, saying the day of May 9 must confirm the ideal of national unity, peace and intolerance of what means torture, bloodshed and death, IPN reports.

“71 years ago, on May 9, 1945, the anti-Hitler coalition won a victory in the fight against the promoters of the most monstrous and antihuman ideology – the Nazi one. This day deserved a distinct place on the pages of the history of the 20th century, having not only an exacerbated price for peace, but also geopolitical consequences of the ‘iron curtain’ that divided Europe in two worlds,” says the President’s message.

The Head of State notes that the terror that claimed tens of millions of lives, including OF over 300,000 Moldovans, Gave birth to the Holocaust, left generations of unborn children and of children deprived of the care of fathers, mothers, grandparents or siblings, remaining a lesson to be learned by all and memorized so that none of its elements repeat.

“Today, at a distance of over seven decades, we are firmly determined to ensure the massacres and destructions of that world war never repeat again. None of the peoples raises sons to sacrifice them on the battlefield. The war is the terrible machinery that forgives no one and that does not make a difference between children and soldiers, mothers and mercenaries, war advisory councils and nursery schools, those who conquer and those who defend the people and the country,” reads the message.

Nicolae Timofti renders homage to all those killed in battle during World War II and says that the duty of everyone is to remember the heroes, those who are known and those who are unknown, those who aspired to a bright and prosperous future.