By RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, Russia - On January 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin will be decorated at Auschwitz with the Salvation medal as a symbol of gratitude to the Soviet people for the liberation of the notorious Nazi death camp, Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar said Monday at a press-conference. Rabbi Lazar and the Israeli president Moshe Katzav will present the medal.
"In the future, the medal will be presented to people who saved and hid Jews during the war," Rabbi Lazar said.
"Soviet soldiers played the most important part in liberating the prisoners of Auschwitz. We will always remember how they saved our brothers," Rabbi Lazar stressed.
The 60th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation on January 27 is not just an important date for Jews, he said. "If we remember what happened, we can prevent the repetition of the merciless elimination of not only Jews, but others as well," Rabbi Lazar said.
Rabbi Lazar also compared the Nazi's with terrorists.
"Terrorists want to conquer the whole world just like the Nazis. They also eliminate anyone who disagrees with them, twisting any ideology to hide their own agendas," Rabbi Lazar said.
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