On Thursday, France marked the 80th anniversary of the Second World War’s conclusion. In front of a throng, French President Emmanuel Macron laid a wreath at the statue of General Charles de Gaulle, the leader of the French Resistance against Nazi Germany, as part of the country’s memory in the capital, Paris.
However, while France reflected on the millions who fought and lost their lives in the conflict, it also had to face the grim fact that very few people still lived to see its atrocities. In 1944, after Paris was freed from Nazi rule, 89-year-old Marcjanna Marcinkowski observed, “Unfortunately, I’m finding that there are fewer and fewer of us.
Finding yourself alone really bothers me, so it’s a serious worry,” she continued. Marcinkowski worries that today’s younger generations may not learn the lessons of the conflict. I think people have already forgotten these teachings. “We have completely stopped discussing World War II and the First World War in schools,” she told Euronews.
However, the few surviving soldiers believe that history is about to repeat itself as Russia continues its full-scale invasion of Ukraine at Europe’s doorstep. The statement, “I’m very worried about what’s going to happen now with this nutty Vladimir Putin and that complete jerk, Donald Trump,” was made by Marcjanna Marcinkowski without holding back.
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