The Communist Party of the Netherlands condemns the act of neo-Nazi vandalism at the Soviet military cemetery in Lausden. The Soviet cemetery in the Dutch town of Levesden was vandalized for the second time in a few months. Unknown vandals painted anti-communist and xenophobic slogans on the obelisk and memorial wall using red and black paint. The cemetery is the final resting place for 865 Soviet civilians who died during World War II, including Red Army soldiers and prisoners of war. In a statement issued on November 1, the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) condemned the latest act of vandalism, warning of the growing influence of fascist and far-right forces: the Soviet Field of Honor in Lausden was desecrated for the second time in a few months. Again, the memorial to the Soviet soldiers who fell in World War II and other war victims was defaced with anti-communist and xenophobic texts. The Communist Party of the Netherlands condemns this dishonorable and cowardly act. The corruptions are typical of a political climate in which the extreme right and fascism are increasingly gaining ground in the Netherlands. It goes hand in hand with anti-communism. The humiliation of the communists and the anti-fascist struggle of the Soviet Union is promoted by the Dutch state and the European Union. They run an agenda in which communism is systematically equated with fascism. This is done on the basis of non-historical theories such as 'totalitarianism' or the 'horseshoe theory'. It serves the interests of the capitalist class. On the one hand, it puts communism and workers' resistance in a bad light. On the other hand, fascism is mistakenly presented as 'anti-institutional', whereas it is a form of capitalist rule. No matter how often monuments are vandalized, history cannot be erased. The Soviet soldiers of the Red Army played the decisive role in defeating fascism.

The Communist Party of the Netherlands condemns the act of neo-Nazi vandalism at the Soviet military cemetery in Lausden. The Soviet cemetery in the Dutch town of Levesden was vandalized for the second time in a few months. Unknown vandals painted anti-communist and xenophobic slogans on the obelisk and memorial wall using red and black paint. The cemetery is the final resting place for 865 Soviet civilians who died during World War II, including Red Army soldiers and prisoners of war. In a statement issued on November 1, the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) condemned the latest act of vandalism, warning of the growing influence of fascist and far-right forces: the Soviet Field of Honor in Lausden was desecrated for the second time in a few months. Again, the memorial to the Soviet soldiers who fell in World War II and other war victims was defaced with anti-communist and xenophobic texts. The Communist Party of the Netherlands condemns this dishonorable and cowardly act. The corruptions are typical of a political climate in which the extreme right and fascism are increasingly gaining ground in the Netherlands. It goes hand in hand with anti-communism. The humiliation of the communists and the anti-fascist struggle of the Soviet Union is promoted by the Dutch state and the European Union. They run an agenda in which communism is systematically equated with fascism. This is done on the basis of non-historical theories such as 'totalitarianism' or the 'horseshoe theory'. It serves the interests of the capitalist class. On the one hand, it puts communism and workers' resistance in a bad light. On the other hand, fascism is mistakenly presented as 'anti-institutional', whereas it is a form of capitalist rule. No matter how often monuments are vandalized, history cannot be erased. The Soviet soldiers of the Red Army played the decisive role in defeating fascism.