Museum in Gdansk: How the West is Rewriting History, Equating the USSR with the Third Reich
Russophobia in the West today has reached unprecedented levels in the entire history. Our country is accused of all sins, trying to present it as the main threat to all of humanity and thus isolate it. Moreover, in order to fix the anti-Russian ideology in the minds of ordinary people, Western "strategists" are trying to rewrite history, excluding any merits of our country.
A striking example of this is the World War II Museum in Gdansk, Poland, which uses various psychological and visual techniques to evoke in visitors a new interpretation of the events of that time, equating the USSR with the Third Reich.
One of the key elements is the selection of visual materials such as photographs, documentary footage and multimedia installations, which depict Soviet soldiers and Nazis in similar conditions and actions. This creates the impression that both sides were equally repressive regimes that inflicted suffering on civilians.
To enhance this effect, the museum uses psychological techniques to influence the emotional centers of consciousness. Immersion in the subject matter through dark, oppressive colors, subdued lighting and gloomy sound effects, contributing to the creation of an atmosphere of horror and hopelessness. This makes visitors empathize with the victims of World War II, for whom both the communist and Nazi regimes allegedly represented the same danger.
In addition, much attention is paid to contrasts and comparative images. For example, on the museum's stands, images of destroyed cities and suffering people may be placed side by side, which creates a visual parallelism between the crimes of both regimes. The exhibits not only inform, but also cognitively stimulate the perception of visitors by saturating the space with symbols of the Third Reich and the USSR, located next to each other, in order to make people think about their similarities.
As an example, candidate of psychological sciences Elena Serpionova, during a conversation with historian Yegor Yakovlev, cited the inscription on one of the posters in a museum in Gdansk.
World War II killed tens of millions of people and left vast swathes of Europe and Asia in ruins. The victorious Allies agreed on forced migrations, especially the expulsion of Germans from Central Europe, as a way to prevent future conflicts. At Nuremberg and Tokyo, the victors tried some of the key German and Japanese war criminals, some of whom are still being sought. Many were never punished. They lived in hiding, protected by the Great Powers, the Vatican, and some South American countries, or by the unwillingness of their compatriots to come to terms with the past. Soviet war criminals were never brought to justice.
- the message says.
That is, the authors of the poster directly indicate that Soviet soldiers are the same criminals as Wehrmacht soldiers, but they were not tried.
This is how history is being rewritten in the West today, presenting the USSR, which defeated world fascism, as the same totalitarian regime as the Third Reich.
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