CITIZEN’S PETITION TO REMOVE THE STALIN STATUE FROM THE NATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL,BEDFORD, VIRGINIA
August 20, 20100 Bình Luận
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CITIZEN’S PETITION TO REMOVE THE STALIN STATUE
FROM THE NATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL,
BEDFORD, VIRGINIA
TO: NATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
And
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR KENNETH SALAZAR
I, the undersigned, STAND for the memory of all the Allied troops of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Poland, Australia, and Norway who gave their lives on D-Day or in the ensuing combat on the Western Front.
I STAND for the American veterans currently living in the State of Virginia, and in all other States, who survived D-Day, risking their lives to liberate Western Europe from tyranny.
I AFFIRM that the true history of World War II must be protected from distortion and misinformation which threaten to erase or alter well-established and documented facts.
I RECOGNIZE, on the basis of overwhelming historical evidence, that neither Joseph Stalin nor Soviet forces played any part in the D-Day landings at Normandy.
I AFFIRM that a bust of Joseph Stalin has no place at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, whose stated purpose is to “honor the valor, fidelity, and sacrifice of Allied forces on D-Day,” June 6, 1944, and that a Stalin statue should not be displayed with statues of the leaders of the Western Allies responsible for the triumph of D-Day.
I therefore PETITION the Officers and Board of Directors of the National D-Day Memorial Foundation to remove the bust of Stalin from the grounds of the Memorial immediately; I further PETITION Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar to ensure that if the National D-Day Memorial should come under the National Park Service, no bust or statue of Stalin will be included or allowed; in so acting, the National D-Day Memorial Foundation and Interior Secretary Salazar will safeguard the sacred memory of D-Day for ourselves, our veterans, and future generations.
Signed,
Marcus Kolga,
Karl Altau,
Time to go. Buh-bye!
James W. Morrison,
The Stalin bust must be taken down.
MSG Douglas L. Morrison (Ret),
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? ? ?
Stephen Miller,
Robert D. Lindell,
As with thousands of others I strongly oppose Stalin being represented at the D-Day Memorial.
Hilda Lindell,
This murderer has no place in a memorial dedicated to those who are honored by sacrificing so much on D-Day….
Doug Pafford,
The Stalin bust must be removed and destroyed.
Zsolt Szekeres,
Jaron Janson,
Please honor the veterans of D-Day and Bedford by removing this bust. It distracts so much from the purpose of the memorial.
Karin Vercamer,
This is an absolute disgrace….this man made Hitler look like a choirboy, and to place his statue among those who fought for freedom, NOT tyranny, is the height of absurdity…..WHAT are you people thinking?!!!!!
Kaija Dankers,
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Laura Valeine,
Klavs Rudzitis,
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Aleks Bars,
Please remove the statue for the respect of the Latvian people and others who had suffered under Stalin’s rule.
Ilze Garoza,
Wayne Ford,
Ilona Vilciņa,
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Liga Zemesarajs,
Stalin has no place in any honorary memorial.
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This is disgusting! Next thing you know they will be erecting a George Bush statue. Terrible and tacky! Take it down!!
Martin W. Zalite,
An utter disgrace that the butcher responsible for 20+ million deaths is honored. SHAME
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Viktorija Graudina,
Rita Bars,
Eva Tone,
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Ana Mere,
Peters Antons,
He was a crule and sick person who does not deserve this privelage. I think he was worse than Hitler!—look at the history.
Andris Kursietis,
There is no place in the USA for a statue of a mass-murderer! It truly is a disgrace to millions he killed…
Teresa Peipins,
Andris Trautmanis,
Karlis Dankers,
Adding a bust of Stalin to the D-Day Memorial has got to be one of the most ignorant, outrageous and offensive acts that greatly insults millions of survivors of communist atrocities from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s for which Josef Stalin was responsible. Just because the communists happened to start fighting the Nazis after the German invasion of Russia in June of 1941 with much Allied and especially U.S. help, is no reason to include a bust of this murderer of millions in the same place as honored men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy today. Shame on whoever came up with this ignorant and ill conceived idea. Are you a communist? Are you helping Medvedev, Putin & Co. to re-write Russian history so that ol’ Joe would be seen in a better light? By the way, who kept removing the many negative comments from your Facebook page? I suggest that you read up on history before you make any further ill-informed decisions about what should or should not be exhibited in a place of honor in the National D-Day Memorial.
I sincerely hope that you give serious consideration to these negative comments that you are receiving via petition e-mail, Facebook, etc. and come to the realization that Stalin in the National D-Day Memorial would be a total bust.
Karlis Dankers
(my family fled the Soviet communist invasion of Latvia in 1944)
Stanislaw Praga,
What does Stalin have to do with D-Day? A convenient ally who dropped us and continued 8 more years of totalitarianism when the war was over? Bedford’s honored dead deserve much better…
Rex Bishop,
The statue should be removed. Information on Stalin may be made available but not his bust.
Liga Rozentals,
A monument to a mass murderer is hardly necessary in the USA, let alone any country!
Raz Ellis,
Remove Stalin, that butcher has no right to be on this memorial
Andrejs E. Lazdins,
Renate Rutkovskis,
A man who coldly executed thousands of Latvians, Lithuanians, Estonians and put those people in similar concentration camps in Siberia as the Jews in Germany, does not deserve to be memorialized amongst those who worked tirelessly for freedom and not against it. This man has no place in honoring those who gave their lives during WWII and I urge you to err on the side of reason to have this statue removed and sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Tormi Kimsto,
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Edvins Veits,
Jekabs Zalte,
To idolize Stalin is a great disrespect to the Baltic countries and the survivors of communist carnage from the past.
Matthew bleeck,
Tim H,
Liina Melanie Sarapik,
Grant Osvalds,
Kriss Petrovskis,
American Hungarian Federation,
The American Hungarian Federation Condemns Stalin Bust at National D-Day Memorial
The American Hungarian Federation honors the bravery of all who fought and died June 6, 1944, forever known and revered as “D-Day.” Americans of all backgrounds braved unimaginable horrors as they valiantly stepped forward on the beaches of Normandy to free Europe from the Nazi scourge. Freedom-loving Americans and Europeans alike are eternally grateful for the sacrifices of the “Greatest Generation.” We were looking forward to the opening of the National D-Day Memorial with great anticipation.
The National D-Day Memorial Foundation asks us to “imagine a place where the lessons and legacy of D-Day are remembered and preserved, a place where veterans of all ages are welcomed and honored, a place where visitors discover and recognize the worthy service of those who answer duty’s call, a place where gravity and dignity are hallmarks.” They explain that the “National D-Day Memorial reminds all who enter it of the heavy price that heartland communities have paid, and still pay, for freedom.”
The Foundation’s decision to include, in the last minute, a bust of the tyrannical murderer Josef Stalin is deeply disturbing and is incompatible with the stated goals of the Foundation. To include a man who murdered more people than Hitler and the Nazis and began the Cold War is insulting to “those who answer duty’s call” and “paid, and still pay, for freedom.”
On August 21, 1939, Stalin and Hitler concluded a deal — the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact — by which they both agreed to divide Europe. Both attacked Poland in September, less than a month later. Stalin assisted Hitler by supplying resources to assist the Nazi war machine. It wasn’t until Hitler attacked the Soviet Union that Stalin fought against him. While Allied forces were fighting to free Europe, Stalin and his Soviet hordes fought to occupy much of Central and Eastern Europe. His legacy is that of death, destruction, internment, forced labor, torture, fear, suffering, oppression, occupation, and “Evil Empire.” Hungarians rose up against Soviet tyranny in 1956. They cut off the head of Stalin’s statue, leaving only his boots. The “Freedom Fighters” while initially successful, would later be crushed by 200,000 troops and 5,000 tanks. Thousands died, children hung, and 2% of the population fled, many to the United States. These Freedom Fighters would go on to make significant contributions to their new homeland.
The American Hungarian Federation, with its legacy of supporting liberty and human rights, cannot remain silent. We respectfully ask the National D-Day Memorial Foundation to remove the Stalin Bust. Stalin’s is not a legacy to be honored and has no place on hallowed ground.
Benita Plume,
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Frank Koszorus, Jr., president, American Hungarian Federation,
Placing a bust of Stalin — a mass murderer and Hitler’s ally until attacked by Nazi Germany — on the hallowed grounds commemorating D-Day is a grotesque perversion of history.
Haris Subacius,
No matter the intent, a statue is memorial. This may be the first such memorial for a mass murderer in the nth degree in the free world. American and British heads of state were sending their citizens to save Europe from the two demons who were fighting over it: Hitler and Stalin. Deals with one of them were made in the aftermath but that does not make it right to celebrate Stalin as anything other than what he was: a terrorist dictator directly responsible for millions of deaths.
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Mara A. Kubulins,
Putting a bust of Stalin is like putting a bust of Hitler.
Ivars Bezdechi,
If anything there should be monument to acknowledge the enslavement of torture of millions of citizens of Eastern Europe at the National D-Day Monument. Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania are the only countries which magically disappeared from the world map after WW 2.
Amanda Meijers,
Zigurds Riders,
Putting a statue of Stalin anywhere in the USA is an insult to all the freedom loving Americans and a slap in the face of democracy for which we stand as a nation.
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Please remove this abomination. Stalin was a perpetrator of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
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Doan Huu Dinh,
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Pablo Kleinman,
Marc Wheat,
Stalin was a murderous horror visited upon the Russian people – and had no role to play on D-Day. It is imporant that the D-Day Memorial demonstrate familiarity with history through the visual arts. Please remove the Stalin bust.
Meghan Cox Gurdon,
Henry Song,
This is outrageous! This is a disgrace, and a slap in the face to all the veterans of D-Day.
Nick Zahn,
John Fogarty,
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It would be shameful to display a bust of this murderer.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Miller,
Sandra Stipins,
Tania Mastrapa,
Edite Lynch,
Placing a bust of Stalin at the National D-Day Memorial site in bedford ,VA. was a travesty no one with a clear mind could have anticipated would happen. The outgoing Chair of the \Foundation seems to have had a particular fantasy relationship with Stalin. Why? No one knows. But he sure wanted that bust there before his term was up. Not one Soviet(RED) Army soldier died on the Beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Stalin nor his murdering army which carried out Stalin’s orders deserves a place of honour with men of real heroism, leadership,love of freedom and liberty , who did not command their armies to kill hundreds of millions of innocent souls. who disliked Communism.Tear down this monstrous Stalin for all time and never give him any honor on American soil ever again.
Bruce K. Gouldey, Ph.D.,
Justin Vander Veur,
Priscilla Tacujan,
James Rice,
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Alan Charles Kors,
A bust, in memory of D-Day, of the mass-murderer who supplied his ally Hitler with essential war materials until the day his accomplice in conquests betrayed him! It is intolerable.
HungViet Bui,
Please do not insult our nation. Remove Stalin’s statue. Thanks.
Beverly Danielson,
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I had relatives who were murdered by Communists influenced by Stalin in 1944. Remove the Statue now!
Marjorie Thorpe,
richard urey,
What next, a bust of Tojo at the WW2 Memorial?
Gustav Plato,
Please remove the statue. It is offensive to me as a US Citizen and being from a family, which fell victim of the Soviet Holocaust, I am deeply saddened about the insensitivity of this.
Ilya Shapiro,
P. Peter Anniko,
Elizabeth Wheless,
Peter Flaherty,
THE MASS MURDERER WASN’T EVEN AT D-DAY
Helvi Sarapik,
Dr. John S. Micgiel,
Please remove the mass murderer’s bust. Even the Russian government has begun to admit the truth about his crimes, and the National D-Day Memorial Foundation should too.
Laura Blanchard,
Terry Miller,
The D-Day Memorial Foundation Officers and Board are a disgrace and should be removed, along with the bust, of course.
Kathy Privrat,
We shouldn’t even have to be petitioning to have this removed – why is it there? – this is a shameful display of ignorance and arrogance by those who made the decision to place the bust there. Stalin murdered his own people. He had nothing to do with D-Day. This purpose of this memorial is to honor the heroes of that day.
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Not removing this statue would be a travesty and insult to the brave men and women who fought as well as our allied troops.
Anna Jansons,
Victoria Palley,
This deplorable spector of nightmares deserves nothing. The only way to use (even private funds) properly was to share the atrocities perpetuated by this man – through print or documentaries. A sugary cloying bust is a slap in the face of the victims and humanity.
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James Tusty,
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Jeff Ventrella,
Spencer,
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It is a humiliating, appalling thought to memorialize the
legacy of Joseph Stalin by erecting a statue for him on U.S. soil
Richard Pipes,
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its a disgrace to see this murderer on American soil
Cynthia Grenier,
It’s one thing to mention the USSR that did play a major role in winning WWII, but no need to cite tyrant Josef Stalin.
Christina Ellyson,
Mark LaRochelle,
Antanas Suziedelis,
Stalin does not deserve to be honored any more
than HItler does
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Vital Zajka,
There is no way a bloody totalitarian tyrant honored in the Land of the Free.
Get rid of his effigy, fight his legacy. NEVER AGAIN!
C. Preston Noell III,
Communism, “the shame of our time,” deserves to be buried in the ash heap of history. Stalin’s bust should be removed immediately!
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Stalin had my father-in-law deported and executed, before he had a granddaughter. His family feels insulted by the existance of Stalin’s statuein the US
William Wehrly,
It is wrong to honor a cruel, homocidal dictator who had nothing to do with the success of the D-Day invasion.
Tran Van Tong,
Miss R. H. von Goetz,
Zoltan Bagdy,
I consider placing Stalin’s bust in this memorial a truly outrageous act.
William Connery,
How many Russian troops landed on the Beaches?
Otto Reich,
My father and grandparents were persecuted by Nazis in Austria. My grandparents were murdered. My father escaped to Cuba. My parents, family and I were persecuted by communists in Cuba. Communism and Nazism are two sides of the same coin. Stalin is responsible for more crimes than Hitler. He does not belong on a memorial of a liberation.
Richard P. Poremski,
As Chairman, I’m signing this petition on behalf of the National Katyn Memorial Foundation, Baltimore, MD – USA
Nikolas Bars,
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Gundega MElli,
Jessica Kline,
Charles E. Thomann,
As a combat veteran in the Pacific during World War II, and also in Korea and Vietnam, and a descendant of family who have served in every war American’s have been involved in since 1664, to include a cousin at Normandy, I object to the bust of this socialist dictator. Next thing you know, Hitler’s bust will be included.
Edwin,
Ridiculous.
Stalin has no place on American soil in any form.
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John Lowell Armstrong,
NO STALIN, NO WAY!!!
Elizabeth Hamrick,
Gunars Lazdins,
Camilla Andersson,
Please show some respect to the millions of victims around the world and remove the Stalin bust.
frank ruddy,
It is shameful to honor at a shrine to freedom’s heroes one of the greatest mass murderers in history.
Aaron CHURCH,
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Darius Suziedelis,
Babs Weingartner,
Yes get anything to do with Communism outa here.
Judith Ponder,
D Allen Dalton,
John Bibelnieks,
Stalin, butcher of the Ukraine, exterminated 120,000,000 innocent men women and children.
Zigurds Karklins,
Charles Lamalfa,
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Communists have infiltrated all aspects of US life and we see the blatant results.
Lee Brewer,
LEAVE THIS COUNTRY IMMEDIATELY you ANTI-AMERICAN, cOMMUNIST THUGS! How in the world can an AMERICAN do something this hideous?
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Aija Pelshe,
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What’s next? Is it going to be Hitler? — Afterall there is no difference when it come to mass murder. Even the Russians have rejectd him. Yet our President refuses to wear an American flag on his lapel. Shame on all of you.
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Walter Stankievich,
Stalin ordered the execution of at least 100.000 Belarusians in the Kurapaty forest near Minsk, and many thousands more elsewhere. The people who conceived the idea of displaying a bust of Stalin at the D-Day Memorial should be sent to visit all those tragic locations and place copies of the bust there.
Eriks Krumins,
The butcher of innocents in Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, Latvia , Lithuania and other countries should
NOT be honered with a statue in the United States.
elmer bundza,
he was the greatest killer that the world has seen
Eligijus Suziedelis,
Arturs Grava,
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Disgrace to have him there plus he had no part of D-Day
Robert Russell,
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Deborah M Majka,
By including a bust of Stalin, you have dishonored and disrespected all those who gave their lives in defense of freedom.
Edgar B. Anderson,
Charlotte Bassett,
ronald cohen,
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Mark Q. Rhoads,
This incusion of a bust of a Communist tyrant is a bizarre mystery. Whose crazy and insensitive idea was this? Yes the USSR was an ally in World War II but the Red Army was not among the troops that landed in Normany on 6 June 1944. Stalin was a mass murderer who eliminated millions over 40 years and he was an enemy of freedom and democracy and the human rights that the USA, UK, and Canadian troops died for. It is not only an insult to Allied heroes to include Stalin’s bust but it is also an insult to brave Russian heroes who fought for their homeland but also detested the bloody tyrrany of Stalin that they could not escape.
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Zinta Aistars,
Carol Sperry,
Ridiculous!
I H Dambergs,
Sure, stalin had a role in WWII, BUT he does not belong on a D-Day Memorial
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remigijus suziedelis,
Nathan G. Bein,
The memorial is for brave men; not psychopathic criminals.
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Juan Aguilar, MD,
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V.Varsbergs,
Maija Grendze,
Paul Goble,
Astra Moors,
aili,
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What a disgrace….I equate it to building a mosque on NYC’s hallowed grounds of the Twin Towers. Shame
Benno Stamurs,
Ruta Bekeris, RHIA,
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Andrew Douglas,
This bust is an atrocity.
Gary Isbell,
It’s a disgrace to honor a filthy communist despot in our country period. Communism and Socialism are the same evil thing that our heroes fought against and both need to be defeated, even if Russia was an ally for whatever strange reason!
Juan C. Sanchez,
Rytis Varnas,
Ramona V. Clucas,
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Rimantas Jocius,
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While the participation of the former Soviet Union in the ultimate defeat of Naziism during WWII cannot be diminished or ignored, erecting a Stalin bust to honor D-day is a gross misrepresentation of history.
Belden Bell,
About Time!
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Stalin was a mass murder of millions…
Stephanie Gwinn,
Mart Martinson,
Stalin was responsible for mass murder of 100′s of millions of innocent people in Eastern Europe and a statue for him anywhere in the world is far worse than a statue for Hitler would be.
Romuald E. Lipinski,
As Siberia survivor, where I was deported on Stalin’s orders, at age of 14, I protest in strongest terms against displaying his monument in Bedford or anywhere else in the civilized world. He is responsible for death and repression of millions of innocent people and will go into history as a murderer.
Andrij Dobriansky,
Raymond Matison,
Peter Ozols,
I am a naturalized citizen of the the United States, having escaped with my family from my native country of Latvia, where during WW2, many of my relatives were either tortured, killed , or deported to Siberia, as a result of the directives of the Soviet regime under Stalin. I have served in Vietnam,and I truly believed that America was against communism. Stalin never was a true ally, and America fell for his lies. It truly would be a mockery of American principles of freedom ,and my having served America, if this lying murderer’s statue would be displayed in America and proclaimed as a WW2 ally of freedom. He was completely the opposite. Do not fall for this lie again.
Mara Pravs,
Stalin murdered more than civilians than Hitler. Eradicate the murderer!!!!!!
Jonathan Levy,
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This is horrible
Dr. Steven J. Allen,
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The man was a monster. It’s like putting up a statue of Hitler.
Susan Freeburn,
ilze schwartz,
Stephen W. Browne,
I lived for many years in Eastern Europe, and my wife is from Poland. A bust of Stalin in a memorial commemorating the liberation of Western Europe is a slap in the face of every European nation which endured Nazi occupation only to fall for another two generations to Soviet occupation.
Zane Vokes,
He was a very evil man who deserves no respect; no honor.
Andris Padegs,
It is a disgrace to honor this murderer
Jo hn F. Boseker,
Whoever is responsible for this idea should be investigated and fired, not necessarily in that order. Perhaps the bust should be placed on our Mall in D.C. or better yet at the site of the Memorial to the Victims to link their tragedies with a face.
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Aldis Lapins,
Peteris A. Medenis,
One of history’s greatest butchers of human beings. He was no mensch!
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Stalin murdered 20 million of HIS OWN countrymen, for goodness sake. Kind of a no-brainer to sledgehammer his bronze bust to smithereens. C’mon.
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Borut PRAH,
insult and affront to all who survived communism
and to the one hundred million who did not
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T Michael Lutas,
Even ignoring his monumental evil, the USSR had no role in the events of D-Day. Why shoehorn an irrelevant malevolent figure. As historical revisionism, the decision is poor.
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It’s a disgrace. You cannot find statues of this mass murdered in Rissia
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We should not honor a butcher or a man responsible for the Iron Curtain.
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John A. Douvillier,
Having this bust on display anywhere in the USA is a disgrace and a travesty, a slap in the face to all which we hold dear. Why would anyone want to hold the butcher of 30 Million persons in regard other than as the Monster he was.
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This brutal murderer should not be placed there, or anywhere, honoring D-Day (in which Russian troops did not particpate). It’d be the same honoring US troops being honored at a memorial commemorating the defense of Leningrad.
However, William MacKenzie King of Canada should be there, as the Canadians did fine work that day, as in other days during WWII (and other wars).
For the butcher, Stalin? I hope he’s a bust…in hell.
A.O. Romano,
Stalin is a mass murderer! He is responsible for the murders of millions of innocent Belarusans in prisons, concentration camps, Siberian gulags, mass graves throughout Belarus.
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Stalin has no place among heroes. His hands are still dripping of innocents’ blood.
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I’m absolutely opposing this action and would like to invite people who initiated it to look at historic facts how many people he killed personally by signing all decisions
Cathy Trauernicht,
I am honored to sign this petition, and expect to see the Lenin bust removed promptly.
Ints Rupners,
Putting Stalin on a D Day memorial is like putting DeGaulle’s name on the Stalingrad memorial. Does anyone in Virgiania have any idea about what happened in WWII?
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Anda Cook,
People do not need to be brought face to face with this butcher.
Alex Pastori,
indra purins,
a butcher of not only his own fellow russians, but a butcher of his fellow man. stalin deserves no memorial or recognition of any kind.
Garry Vokes,
Why are we honoring a war criminal?
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A few short years after D-Day, a new war would begin, and countless American lives would be lost in a place called Korea. Who supplied the weapons that mowed them down? It is your “hero,” Mr. Stalin.
Having descended both from Americans who fought to free Europe from Hitler, and refugees who fought to free themselves from Stalin, I find this an all-around insult. It is a mockery of all those who love freedom and have given the ultimate sacrifice. Such disgrace!
Marek Jan Chodakiewicz,
This is a flagrant disgrace!
Steven Collins,
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Ilya Somin,
M.Gilbert,
Lets not accept the twisting of history!Please!
Ileana Johnson,
For all my relatives who have died at the hands of communism, please remove the bust of this murderer and dictator, Joseph Stalin.
Delaney Skerrett,
Baiba Serocca,
James Doig,
Stalin was a murderous thug!
Daniel Shapiro,
Stalin was a mass murderer just like Hitler; indeed he murdered more people than Hitler!
Vilnis Vilsons,
Please destroy the bust of this famous murderer.
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I am an American living in Latvia and assure you that Stalin truly has no place among the great men of WW 2. My wife’s grandfather and many more (including Russians) were brutally murdered by this man.
ronan,
Brant Bassett,
Stalin was no less a monster than Hitler. Let there be no monuments to either on US soil.
Emily Skerrett,
Rita Rubenis,
Dalia Krupaviciene,
Karlis Streips,
What’s next — a statue of Hitler? Shame on you!
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Larry Madison,
Martins Barkovskis,
Venelin I. Ganev,
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Stalin never cared about human beings – they were just statistic.
Audrius Skaistys,
Who builds monuments for tirons respects tirony.
Silvi Pirn,
Minier,
Mihail Neamtu,
This is an insult to all Eastern-European countries, too.
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Ingvars Leitis,
Florian Carlan,
This is the worst sign for the future of the whole world, worked openly by USA. I”m entirely perplexed! What a shame!
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Priscilla Taylor,
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Dave Stump Jr,
Jules Balogh,
Putting up a statue to the mass murderer Stalin is like putting up a statue of Hitler. Please remove this perversion of the memory of D Day.
Ligita Krumkalns,
My father was murdered for being a patriot under Russian occupation of Latvia – To HONOR Stalin goes beyond all understanding!
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Isabelle Howes,
Ed Priola,
The bust is a disgrace. Remove it now.
John Woolwine,
The Stalin bust can be replaced with a small statute
to honor the brave Russian men and women who fought to repell the German Armies. A ground plaque with the image of Stalin and his history can be placed near the foot of the marker. This will inform visitors of who Stalin was, but not allow him the honor of a bust.
Gen. George Patton is remembered on a plaque
near ground level close to the American busts. If Patton does not deserve a bust, certainly Stalin does not!
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This is an insult to all those who believe in and are willing to fight for freedom.
James Mallinson,
The Second World War started when TWO countries invaded Poland: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. By sheer body count, Stalin is a greater criminal than Hitler was, and not just because he lived longer. Get the image of this brutal murderer out!
Alex Storozynski,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-storozynski/us-honors-stalin-on-hallo_b_363141.html
Ivars Svanfelds,
It is an outrage and a slap in the face to the brave men who sacrificed everything for freedom on D-Day.
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H. Quick,
D Garlow,
Irena Mirecki,
Don Belt,
Memories of reports of horror caused by Stalin
Lynn Lappert,
W. E. Phoenix,
Thaddeus Mirecki,
Stalin was, at the outset, a staunch ally of Hitler. Stalin did not have a change of heart – Hitler did. Honoring Stalin makes as much sense as honoring Hitler.
Aldis Kubulins,
Everybody knows how many Hitler had killed…Nobody will EVER know how many Stalin had killed!
Joan E Lusk,
A bust of Stalin at the National D-Day Memorial is unconscionable! Does Secretary Salazar know our fairly recent history? Thanks for pointing out this error of judgement
Anthony J. Bajdek,
Heiti Kotkas,
Diana B. Vidutis,
The “didactic” excuse that the commission gives for including Stalin is just plain weak. Yes, the exigencies of politics make for strange temporary bedfellows but that doesn’t warrant hero status for the unsavory, much less for brutal murderers.
Jose Antonio Font,
Thomas Marsh,
As a professional sculptor of monuments, I know that there should be a record of the process by which this D-Day Memorial design came about. This record should be made public.
Valery D. Dvornik,
Margarete Holubar,
How unfortunate that those Stalin starved to death in the Ukraine can’t add their names to this list!!!
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In the name of of millions of bessarabian souls killed in the gulags and in siberia, under Stalin’s regime.
vicki aubinoe,
Who ever erected this statue does not know American history and has insulted every patriotic American who does know American history.
K.Sventeckis,
Baiba Apelis,
Stalin’s regime marked the beginning of the oppression and extermination of an entire people that went ignored for decades. He has no place among heroes.
Howard Froehlich,
I find it reprehensible that a bust of Stalin would be displayed anywhere in this country much less to be placed on the anniversary of D-Day
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This is an affront to our troops who fought and died for our freedom and it is an outrage to include an image of a despot who murdered thousands of his people in the name of communism
Julie Garoutte,
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George Nicholson,
Never imgained that somebody would dare to put Stalin’s bust in Virginia! What a travesty!
Jovita B,
Yuri Maltsev,
Unbelievable that Mr. McIntosh does not have any moral compass and want federal funds to keep Stalin’s bust in Bedford. What an insult to the memory of millions muredered by the tyrant! Including thousands of American perished in Gulag and killed in Stalin-backed wars against the United States.
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Joel Margolis,
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C W Johnson,
Karen Quillen,
Zilvinas B.,
Unbelievable foolishness
Lonnie Chapman,
Without true history, we are doomed to make the same mistakes, again!
Backaitis,
Stalin has had no role in the D-day event. For that matter, he is responsible for causing the WWII to occur by his complicity with Hitler, which in turn necessitated D-Day and so many millions of lives lost. If Stalin is put up, then Hitler and Mussolini should be there as co-equal participants in the sad and murderous event,
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Anatole Konstantin,
Linda Horvath,
Tear it down just as the Hungarians tore down a huge statue of Stalin on Oct. 23, 1956, the first night of the Hungarian Revolution against Soviet tyranny!
John H. Moore,
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William McGuire,
Whoever suggested including the murderer Stalin for this honor should be shot at sunrise.
Vello Ederma,
As a surviving victim of stalinist terror, the statue is an insult.
Aria Saleda,
While Russia is de-Stalinizing and getting rid of his statues, we in the US want to honor this monster???
Shame on us.
Aria Saleda
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Absurd and insulting to victims of Stalinist terror, as my family was.
Janis Robins,
During the first year of occupation of Latvia in 1940/41 Stalin killled or sent to Siberia 75,000 Latvians!
Uldis N Bross,
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Lily Gordon,
Lawrence B Sulc,
History should be accurate.
Gunārs Zāgars,
Irena Skrejans-Fields,
William f. Krol,
Marija Danguole Navickas,
I cannot believe that anyone would even think of honoring a mass murderer with a statue. Rather, we should honor the memories of his millions of victims by removing it.
Charlotte Sveilis,
It is an insult to those who gave their valor, fidelity and sacrifice.
Juris Blodnieks,
Maria Maher,
America deserves the truth.
Preston Lindler,
God bless those who were victims of history’s worst mass murderer. And God save us for not acknowledging his crimes.
Peter Kaufmann,
Citizens in Irkutsk, Siberia, rejected a statue to Stalin, yet we honor him here in the US? Is Hitler next?
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Iveta Asons,
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I hear the screams of 10,000 allied troops killed on D-Day screaming again from their graves.
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My family was slaughtered by the Bolsheviks and Communists, and were deported to Central Asia where they were inprisioned in Labor Camps. Please do not put a bust of this butcher/murderer up at the D Day memeorial. Family members suffered horribly and infants died as a result of the deportations they suffered. Millions of Ukrainians starved to death as a direct result of Stalin, and many nationalities suffered as well.
Ernests Asons,
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Read Tim Tzouliadis’s “The Forsaken”. Then think again about this statute.
jolanta,
Vaclav James Solfronk,
I agree that statue of Josef Stalin has no place anywhere near the National D-Day Memorial. I know the deeds of this dictator he has killed and tortuted many, too many.
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Carolyn M White,
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Karen Mefford,
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Bart Pemberton,
This is digusting! Why don’t you add a bust of Hitler to the monument while you’re at it?!
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Agnes G. Korosi,
The idea is absurd!
Epp Aruja,
In the memory of 25% of Estonia’s population who either perished in Siberia, were killed on the spot or had to flee (otherwise they would have been killed) + direct victims of Stalin. Remove the bust! Obviously someone does not know their history.
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This is an affront to all Allied Soldiers of WWII.
Maria Soukhanova Watson,
Stalin was a mass murderer and should never be memorialized. The Bedford D-Day Memorial is a dignified salute to valiant soldiers lost in a battle to another mass murderer, Hitler. History & history books should never forget these murderers, their beastly acts, nor the millions of innocent victims, but a sculpture or bust is totally misdirected and a shameful act. Remove the statue immediately.
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Renate Gravers,
Information about the number of people Stalin murdered should be included in every history and school textbook. After Mao Tse-tung he is the greatest mass murderer of all time. Hitler does not even come close in the number of people murdered.
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Such a Murderer like Stalin can not be included along our Fallen Soldiers’ memories.
Ingrid Fotino,
Stalin is responsible, by the most conservative estimates (see the “Black Book of Communism”, Harvard University Press, 5th printing, 2004), for the killing of at least 20
million people. He is at the forefront of those who perpetrated crimes against humanity. And a statue should be erected to him on U.S. land?
Marianne Jessee-Solfronk,
I am deeply aware of Stalins misdeeds. He truly was a mass murderer. How can it be possible that he is honored in the Bedford D-Day Memorial Park?
INGA FREIVALDS,
Stalin was an inhumane monster. He deported and killed millions of people, including thousands and thousands of Latvians. Latvia was a thriving and progressive country, until
Stalin and the communists illegally occupied the country and
flooded it with Communists and ethnic Russians. Latvia will never fully recover from the psychological and sociological impact and setback of its 50 year occupation by the soviets.
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Lauris Rozkalns,
Martha munters,
Take it down please
Kārlis Līdaks,
Agate Tilmanis,
Viesturs Timrots,
If they don’t remove the Stalin statue, let’s request that they put up a statue of Hitler also. After all, his troops were at Normandy during D-Day.
Mircea Fotino,
Memorializing Stalin, the universally recognized Soviet political and military mass murderer, in the US is against basic common sense and a shameful distortion of values and ignorance of facts by the proponents that should not be allowed to sully the memory of millions of victims in many countries.
John S. Kalme,
elmars grava,
Stalin was a butcher of human beings.
Peteris Dajevskis,
Having seen the Lenin statues come down in Latvia , I find it shocking to see this dictator’s statue put up by own countrymen who value freedom and democratic principles. Has this group any recollection of what happened during the Cold War?
Juliana Geran Pilon,
Ingrid Merkel,
I am simply appalled at the proposal to homor a mass murder! Might his 20 some million victims arise and protest the violation done to them a second time, ruthlessly and from ignorance of . history The blood of the victims will stain those that commemorate bloody murder.
Betty Zeps,
I agree with the statements in the petition and think the statue should never have been erected in the first place. I did not even know it was there. A dictator and oppressor like Stalin is not worthy of any kind of honor.
Ron Albertson,
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Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, M.D., Ph.D.,
One has to be insane to honor the mass murderer Joseph Stalin.
Baiba Poore,
Erik Sulcs,
Better Dead Than Red!
Elizabete Freijs,
Denise Sruoginis,
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In as much as Ribbentrop/Molotov treaty (really between Hitler and
Stalin) was the prerequisite for Hitler’s invasion of Poland and the beginning of WWII to honor Stalin in the D-Day Memorial is like putting up a statue of Hitler and honoring him also. Honor the boys who gave their lives on those beaches.
James H. Burnley,
Sam Hershey,
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Philip Long,
Really, we can do without honoring the biggest mass murder in world history. Sheesh.
Valentin V. Tepordei,
Remember Katyn, remeber Ribbentrop/Molotov treaty, and the 20 mil. Russians killed by Stalin!
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Mass murderer does’nt deserve such honour
Robert P. Stalder,
Fletcher Johnston,
Joseph Stoniecki,
You might as well include Hitler on it if you include Uncle Joe..
James Chang,
john cinque,
a mass murderer who killed more people than hitler has no place in our sacred monument
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Emery and Elizabeth Farkas,
Stalin was the greatest villain with Hitler of the 20th c. Horrible shame to memorializa him in the US
Mary Zinkiewicz,
Ian C Story,
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Cassandra O. Scholte,
This statute is an insult to those who fought and died for freedom on that day.
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Ivars Arums,
Suzanne Braun,
Remove!
Juris BALODIS,
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would like to know the “brain” behind the decision to erect a statue to one of the most evel people in history.
Ralph Douvillier,
I cannot believe someone would be so bold as to think that putting up such an insulting bust of Stalin would be all right with the Real Americans. Who love their country and respect our Military, Veterans, and the Americans that have died serving this Great Nation. By all means lets get that dam thing removed from this Place of Honor, and our Country.
Kestutis V. Ciziunas,
Evelyn Stratton,
No comment other than the fact that I agree with you.
Peter Lazdins,
Thousands of my countrymen were murdered by Stalin!
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Nomeda Tautkute,
The statue of Stalin is unecaptable. Don’t put it up in the name of all the victims that suffered and died under his reign
AL BROZ,
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Mr. Janis Z. Baumanis,
Eva Fekete,
Rasma Dinbergs,
Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Croissant,
Eugene Megyesy,
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Lynn Criner,
Stalin’s murder of millions is his true legacy, and it should be uppermost in the world’s memory of him.
Leons Liepa,
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Soviet troops played no role in D-Day.
Deanna,
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Why offend so many needlessly?
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I am of Lithuanian background and several of my relatives were deported to Siberia by Stalin, for purely political reasons. He decimated Lithuania’s intellectual community and killed thousands. He was a criminal and shouldn’t be glorified anywhere.
Peter I. Bicevskis,
Peter Gross,
dace krievins,
the butcher sent my father his parents, brother & sister to Siberia, My grandmother died there. I was raised without my father, we only found out he was alive in 1957. Stalin really was a butcher, with o conscience.
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This was a dreadful travesty that it should have been erected in the first place. It should have never made it past the suggestion phase. This was a slight to millions of people who suffered at this monster’s hand… and acrid spit on the graves of the many thousands slaughtered by him.
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Ed Shepard,
Jean & Elemer Bernath,
As a science teacher in Fort Morgan Colorado for 30 years, recreation director for City of Fort Morgan for 12 years, I was upset to learn, that a statue in present of in that USA of Mr.Stalin. This individual is responsible for death of many humans in several countries including the country I was born HUNGARY.Denver has a Hungarian park as you know that remind us all about the 1956 Hungarian revolution against the Russians and the communist..That gave the opportunity for my Mother a two brothers to come to my to Fort Morgan.Mother is baried in Fort Morgan.My two brothers both received their doctorate in this wonderfull country of our.Now they are also retired.
In the name of all of us including my dead Mother, ,who went thru hell in Hungary under the communist,please help all the nationl in their new country, not to rember about the past, by removing the hatred statue of Mr.Stalin.
For give my mistakes, I will have a cataract operation soon in Fort Collins.I have trouble to read at the present.
Thank you.
Marina Soboleva,
He was the most dreadful figure of the 20 century.
He committed the genocide to his own people killing the intellectuals, the brain of Russia. With a consequence of it we are dealing now in Russia.
My grandfather was in the concentration camp for 17 years, my parents are the siege survivors, now my family in Saint Petersburg fighting with criminals trying to protect the lend which was in the family for 100 years.
Kai Rikken,
lnesta@sbcglobal.net,
Joseph Stalin was a beast! To honor him in the U.S.A. is an insult to all of the Americans who served to defend freedom world wide.
Jonah Adler,
Aside from Stalin having nothing to do with D-Day, allowing his bust to desecrate the grounds of Arlington Cemetery is also a way to blur not only historical facts but the lines between good and evil and soften our resolve to identify evil.
History judges a person according to his legacy. Stalin was a monster who murdered around 20 million people and his image belongs in the rubbles of the Former Soviet Union not in Arlington Cemetery of our heroes. We must speak for those who cannot speak for themselves and who made the sacrifice for us.
Olgerts G. Orleans,
Krzysztof Ganczarski,
Stalin statue insults all Polish soldiers who had given their lifes for freedom of European countries. Don’t let it last!
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Please remove Stalin’s statue!
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There is no place for Stalins statue in the Western world.
Kristopher Rikken,
RASMA KUPLIS,
NO BUST OF STALIN SHOULD BE DISPLAYED1
Artis,
Millions of own people murdered in concentration camps. Hundreds of thosands people murdered all around Eastern Europe. Uncle Joseph was the guy who traited and extradited German anti-fascists to Stalin’s once admired buddy – Hitler. How does that comply with US political statement DO NOT RECOGNIZE BALTIC STATES OCCUPATION BY USSR? If you really care memory of War Heroes, do not display that bastard’s monument, as he is one of those two who caused World War II and following pain over the Europe.
Pēteris Cedriņš,
SNIEDZE RUNGIS,
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Toomas Rikken,
judy rikken,
An insult to all those who served!
Mantas,
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Vidmantas Gelzinis,
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Andrzej Myc,
Lauris Lambergs,
Aivars Celmiņš,
Richard Watts,
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Tagamets, Toivo,
Stalin was a mass murderer not only of his own countrymen and women but of other people who were of many different nationalities and faiths. It is inappropriate in a country which is a republic and democracy to honor this mass murderer with a statue. Especially if this honor is conncected with WWII D-Day Memorial. This Memorial honors soldiers who through their efforts and lives brought freedom to the people of Europe. People who were under the oppression of another mass murderer. Both of these mass murderers and partners in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 were the enablers for the start of the Second World War.
Clarence A. Hollar,
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He was the murderer of the 20th century. He killed 10 times as many people as Hitler
Heidy Pelszynski,
This is outrageous… we dont honor men that mass muder … isn’t there someone else – AMERCIAN who we can honor — after all…we are in a war.. there must be someone AMERICAN we can honor!!!
Juris G. Draguns,
Not to remove the bust of Stalin fron the National D-Day Memorial would be an insult to the D-Day heroes and to the millions of Stalin’s victims who includethe Polish officers murdered at Katyn, who fought against Hitler on the Allied side,
Nijole Shutterly,
CYRIL McCAFFERY,
The D-Day Memorial site should only contain items relevant to D;Day, and those who took part in this historic invasion. The tribute to the Chinese Leader should also be removed for the same reason. Do not convert this special place to a WW2 Memorial. Heidy must realise that there were more nations than USA involved in this landing.
Tony Oszlanyi,
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It is the ultimate perverse act to display the bust of Stalin at the D-Day Memorial!
Mari-Ann Kelam,
No room for mass murderers. Too many WWII heroes are missing from the D-Day Memorial in any case.
Mikk Hinnov,
Stalin and Hitler in collaboration were responsible for STARTING the war and making the allied sacrifices of the war, including those on D-Day, necessary. SHAME!
Irena Lasota,
Ingrida,
Maija Medne,
No,no,no!
Douglas Keegan,
Mikelis Austrins,
Aivar Koitla,
Former USSR and this leader Stalin are general criminals who started II WW. Without USSR help in military schools and strategic products for Germany it couldn`t start the evil force against humanity. Stalin is responsible in starting the II WW.
Teet Korsten,
John Grotta,
This is absurd
Ulvi Renser,
It is a disgrace…
Teet Korsten,
Sander Piibemann,
A. Pihta,
Urmas Piigert,
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Only in America does such stupidity prevail. Remember, the New York Times chose not to report about Stalin’s Ukrainian famine, until it was to late. So it is no surprise that ignorance is passed on to the next generation. Some of us Americans will NEVER FORGET the crimes of Stalin and the U.S.S.R. as long as the new generation lives. I only hope that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson forgive these lost souls of Bedford, Virginia who allowed this to happen.
Abigail Voit,
Please come to your senses
Tunne Kelam,
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No-one dares erect a statue to honor Hitler; Stalin was no lesser evil-doer.
Laurie Morrow,
If not for Stalin, there would have been no need for D-Day. Remove this obscenity from American soil.
Imants Minka,
Maruta Lazdins,
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This is severely disturbing, that such a symbol of massive cruelty would be featured here.
Barbara Ardelt, Wojciech Ardelt,
Rein Vanja,
My English is bad.
Evi Vahtra,
Shame.
Alfreds R. Semeiks,
James E Hinish, Jr.,
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george and lorraine kipel,
There may be no better definition for irony. On a day that will always be remembered for liberation,sacrifice, and a victory for democracy, how can you possibly memorialize of of the worst oppressors in human history. What was someone possibly thinking to create such a terrible blunder.
Lyyli Kersalu,
I offer my help in deep moral crisis US is going through. How else can we explain that mass murderer’s statue ended up in D-Day Memorial to be honoured.
LTC Christian J. Jensen,
I am a 29th Infantry Division (Light) veteran and am offended by the worst monster of the 20th century being immortalized through his bust being displayed on what I consider to be sacred ground. I visited the Memorial before the Stalin bust, but will never return until the mass murderer is removed. Haven’t the good people of Bedford suffered enough without having to be put through the shame of living in the same vicinity as that butcher’s bust? Shame on all those who are responsible for this decision or who did nothing to stop it!
Dr Inna Rogatchi,
This is a complete outgrage which reads more orwellian than Orwell. The ‘best’ sample of re-writing the history, and of sending a completely wrong message to the world on what’s USA is known as being standing for. And an utter mockery of a freedom. By all means this shame should be removed from the US soil instantly. And it will be quite useful to publish a detailed account on the background of this extra-ordinary ‘excercise’.
DR Michael Rogatchi,
As a son of a political prisoner in the Soviet Gulag, and a person who due to Stalin and his regime have spent a large part of life in the Gulag and Gulag areas in exile, I am completely outraged by this unbelieveable fact. And do wish anyone who has been involved in the decision and its fulfillment to spent the rest of their lives in the places which Stalin did develop the best – namely, in Gulag. There are some left on the earth yet today – in North Korea, China, or Cuba. All those activists for commemorating the Stalin’s memory on the US soil should be sent there for good, to enjoy the practices of Stalin inheritage fully.
Markus E. Apelis, Esq.,
Including the bust of one of the world’s most brutal tyrants, responsible for the near evisceration of entire nations, does nothing to honor those who gave the last full measure of devotion on the beaches of Normandy in June 1944. In fact, permitting it to remain dishonors the memory of those untold thousands who were sent to their deaths under this monster’s iron fist, those who lived under his oppression for decades, and those who have and continue to fight for freedom and independence.
Eric Cjhenoweth,
Peeter Jakobson,
Dr William McIntosh,
There are people of accomplishment with grand titles some that even deserve the accolades. And then there are those in exalted positions that defy reason. They behave badly or have achieved high status without real merit. I do not know which is the case with you the National D-Day Memorial Foundation President. You are dead wrong in this decision to include Stalin.
Stalin and Hitler joined in a pact (Ribbentrop) and together started World War II. No matter what he may have done subsequently, that in an of itself would disqualify Stalin from any consideration of what you referred to as an ally who helped the allies defeat Nazi Germany. Dr McIntosh, you could have set the record straight after these decades have shown the despicable murderous true nature of the monster called Stalin and put Churchill next to Roosevelt and said nothing.
Look at the way things really were McIntosh, if it weren’t for the allies, the Germans probably would have destroyed more of Russia. Stalin and his communist gang would have ended up in the salt mines of Siberia. Look at some of Stalin’s speeches, he wanted the war to linger to weaken the west so that communism could spread easier, but he didn’t anticipate Hitler turning on him.
Mcintosh, take that abomination down and if the new president elect of the foundation Reed cannot comment on this matter, he should not be considered!
Peeter Jakobson, MD
Susan Szappanos,
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Maria and Sergio Aguero,
Inta Rutins,
Stefan and Krystyna Madajewicz,
Stalin`s pact with Ribbentrop open the door to the World War II and subsequent murdering over 20mil. victims of it; Katyn and more and more
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sarah,
How could this mass murderer be honored with a statue? Please have respect for those murdered by Stalin and his henchmen.
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Martins Trautmanis,
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as a victim of stalinist presecution I strongly support the petition and protest the ignorance and insult to our Veterans and to milions of vicims of stalinism in the world
Agu Ets,
Dr Macintosh seems to represent the latter day group of people whom Lenin called “useful idiots.”
Ingrida Erdmanis,
Vidmas Kondratas,
Russian soldiers played a key role in defeating Germany during WWII. However, we should not honor their memory and sacrifice by glorifying the memory of another facist dictator that murdered so many innocent people. It’s a slap in the face to all the victims of fascism and fascist communism.
Anya Bancroft,
This is a disgrace! Take it down!
Elizabeth MacLean,
Ilan Wajsman,
Do they not teach History up in Virginia?
Vaida Meizys,
Please don’t worship this monster!
Aurel Vlad,
No statue for a Tyrant and Assassin. As a political prisonier I was arrested , 16 years old, send in labor camp for six years, all 4 brothers in prisons , one executed.
joanna chabowski,
Gunta Kaza,
Ingrid Vaga Neel,
If you know history, Stalin and Hiltler were secret allies at the start of WWII, then doublecrossed each other and each committed horrendous atrocities against innocent civilians. Neither deserves a memorial on our soil!
H Bryan Neel, III, MD PhD,
It is a horrendous injustice to victim’s families to honor Stalin, a tyrant and murderer of civilians.
Toomas Rebane,
It is not political correct to be ignorant of history. No statue.
Leon A Kuplis,
This should have never happened
KARL ZIEBARTH,
Lee:
Good going! the facsist thug must be expurgated.
He and Hitler were one and the same.
Karl
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Jaanus Kase,
Sebastian Doreanu,
Tiina Fischgrund,
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Peet Sink,
Dina Aditajs,
Irakli Porchkhidze,
No to Stalin and Stalinism
Katrina Lidaka,
Zurab Katchkatchishvili,
21 Century without Stalin!
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Evhen Tsybulenko,
The main reason why Stalin should be removed is that Stalin was a greatest criminal of 20th century (together with Hitler), who was directly responsible for death of millions…
Meanwhile the wording of the appeal itself is quite weak – USSR was an ally country and heroic fight of soviet soldiers indirectly but very significantly helped to the success of D-day.
Luís Ribeiro,
Sylvia Freiman,
STOP the elevation of murderous dictators!
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Carla Tomaszewski,
Antoaneta Cami,
Juris A. Balodis,
Sandra Kuplis Trevathan,
Lisl Biggs-Davison,
KARLIS E. RUSA,
It’s inconceivable that anyone with the slightest knowledge of 20th century history could want to erect a statue to Stalin ANYWHERE.
Zigfrids Jirgens,
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Harvey Clarke,
The Stalin bust is part of an effort by the former President of the D-Day Foundation to politicize the Memorial and change its mission from honoring the 4313 Allied servicemen who died on 6/6/44 to a historical monument for all of WWII. All of the Busts except those of Gen Eisenhower’s staff are politicans, only two of which had anything to do with the detailed planning of the Normandy invasion. Stalin was an ally on 6/6 but had little specific input on the planning and execution of the invasion. Stalin does not need to be honored. Period!!
M. Racenis,
Marie ciliberti,
The bust of Stalin should NOT be in any country of the world. Even showing the face of this fiend is a disgrace.
Gunars Z. Kancs,
dan peters,
This is the fellow who refused to allow our planes to land in the Soviet Union while attempting to resupply the resistance forces in Warsaw and halted his forces on the outskirts of Warsaw so the Germans could first eliminate the resistance?…..
Please get serious.
Thanks.
Rick Rivera,
I can’t believe the statue was erected. Have the lost their minds?
Martins Sausins,
Please shop the head of Stalin, as he did to many other….. !
Helen Simon,
It should wear eggs daily until it’s removed.
Rafal Gawlowski,
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Harry Wu,
C. Robert Keenan III,
Nicole Kempton,
Rebecca Tatum,
Lisa L. Thompson,
Stalin is the man responsible for the horrific death of millions, yet you chose to honor him at the D-Day memorial! It’s outrageous.
Carlos L. Castillo,
Elena Maza-Borkland,
Stalin was a mass murderer who murdered millions of his own people–why should he be honored in any way? It’s a disgrace to have his bust in this monument!
William Galloway,
Melissa Manuel,
Julio Betancourt,
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Roger Lindsay,
I strongly urge and support the removal of the statue of Stalin from the D-Day Memorial. It is a disgrace to all those who sacrificed on D-Day!
GREG EIGENFELD,
Stalin made Hitler look like an altar-boy! Think GULAGS…
Sylvia Meijers,
Kris Wood,
That murderer doesn’t belong anywhere near the D-Day Memorial! Melt that thing back into scrap.
Charles Elcock,
Get this murderer out of a memorial to our brave, liberating military personnel.
Robert A. Kulkusky,
Ian Strangeways,
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anhthu lu,
Stalin was a mass murderer, never a hero. He has no place with our World War II heroes.
Jose Sanchez,
Robert Meyer,
Lan Mong Lu,
Shawndi Hoy,
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I agree with Kris Wood….melt it back to scrap and throw it in the trash!
Nick Baker,
What the hell’s wrong with you people? Stalin killed more people than Hitler!
Bernie Reeves,
I am foundwer of the Raleigh Spy Conference that has hosted leading Cold War scholars. Stalin was a brutal genocidist and has no place at the War Memorial
Ron,
Mark Kohan,
Remove this bust immediately. Stalin symbolizes all that is wrong with Russia.
Maria Bergeron,
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Michael Clyde,
David E. Stark,
Stalin at a D-Day Memorial?! A mosque being built at the 9/11 ground zero?! What are we allowing our country to become?
Cynthia Hitschler,
Names of all individuals and organizations supporting the Stalin bust installation as part of the D-Day Memorial should be published.
Sharon Stathopoulos,
Outrageous!
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Agris Pavlovskis,
Matthew Roberts,
Stalin, a mass murderer on par with Hitler, and former ally of Hilter, has no place at this memorial.
Maggie Holseberg,
Emil Jeffers,
Although the Soviet Union was part of the Allied Powers during WW2; the Soviet Union did not participate in Operation Overload and the Allied Invasion of Normandy! Therefore the bust of Stalin does not deserve a place in your celebration.
Christine Cheesman,
Pure insanity
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William Browning,
Melt Stalin’s statue into scrap metal!!!
P.T. Gustan,
Stalin had nothing to do with D-Day; he was the most disgraceful of the Allies, in the long run responsible for more suffering and death than Hitler. No bust, no honor.
Ronny W Burdewick,
L. Jones,
Inappropriate for this memorial or any other connection to our military. Insane even to think this is right.
Joe Smith,
Responsible party or board should be fired and repalced with Americans.
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RICHARD SMITH,
This statue must be removed it has no place at the Natonal D-Day Memorial
Joe Kimmey,
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Is there really a place in the United States of America that SHOULD have a statue of Stalin? Except to remind us how fortunate we are to be FREE Americans?
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Gary King,
Gary Morella,
Stalin was a brutal dictator who does not deserve to be honored in an America that prizes freedom over tyranny!
William Carp,
Send the bust to Russia, maybe they will find an obscure basement for it.
John F. Quinn Jr.,
I’ll bet the farm that whoever thought it was a good idea to have include Stalin wasn’t a combat soldier or even a veteran. It’s Despicable!!!!!
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robert howe,
Tim J Bender,
Thomas H Slack,
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Stalin was an evil leader who make millions suffer and die.
Cheryl Frantz,
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James Sauls,
The idea of this bust is offensive and peverted.
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This is an insult to every Americdan who fought
to keep our country free.
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Rebecca Belden,
Miley Sutherland,
Morris Rainville,
Stalin was drinking his usual vodka at the time of the D-Day landing and did not care what was happening in France.
Cathleen Amelio,
How dare anyone place, using public funds, on public property in the United States of America erect this atrocity of a maniac dictator! How dare you! If you loved this man so much move to Russia! How dare you disgrace this country with a dictators image! Men and women died for our freedom and not for this! What is wrong with you people? Have you no shame?
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Stephen J. Savoie,
Over the top, like so many decisions that have been made since Barack Hussein Obama has become our President. Time for the people to rise up and say “enough is enough”.
Steve Hague,
John howes,
Martins Daiga,
Mass murders do not deserve a bust in a memorial for heroes.
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Stalin should not be honored in any way.
BARBARA WHARTON,
Carl Vaughn,
Terry Swan,
do any of you really know our history?? maybe you need to do some research before deciding stalin should have a statue in our USA
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Sad, shameful days for America…..
John Kiernan,
Typical of the ignorance of the left and it deceptions
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Roma Hadzewycz,
The installation of Stalin’s bust at the National D-Day Memorial demeans Stalin’s victims and dishonors the true heroes of World War II. There is no reason that Stalin, a mass murderer responsible for the deaths of untold millions – including millions in the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 in Ukraine – should be honored in the United States.
DrTruong Tan Trung,
To never glorfy crimes of Stalin and communisum around the world including Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
Richard Snyder,
William Collier,
I agree with the comments of the other contributors. It seems that many un-american decisions such as this one have been occurring recently. Can we not trust anybody in authority to make decisions that support the principles upon which this country was founded? Perhaps the responsible parties should be stripped of their citizenship and deported. There needs to be consequences for un-american treasoness actions!
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what idiot wants to include Stalin in this remembrance of D-Day?
Roger Anghis,
Placing Stalin at a memorial for our fallen soldiers is nothing more than slap in the face to those who fought in WWII.
Lloyd Scallan,
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Jerry Freeman USN (ret),
Alan Jones,
I grew up in the area of VA near Bedford and cannot believe the people there want this statue
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SILVIJA ZARINS,
Eric Rice,
Never should any dictator be honored on US soil
Terry Boone,
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The Officers and Board of Directors of the National D-Day Memorial Foundation have joined the ranks of those who wish to destroy the values, beliefs and foundation of America. They have acted in a malicious, and defamatory manner directed at those who fought and died for freedom. Joseph Stalin has no place within the structure and basis of America. Officers and Directors need to resign and/or be removed as they have shown they have no perception of the duties and responsibilities attributed to the positions they hold. Make peace with yourselves, elsewhere.
gerald saltzman,
we need to stop this nonsense and support our
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If someone would have told me about 18 months ago that I would be writing an email to REMOVE a terrorist dictator from a place of honor in this country I would have said “Hell NO!” And yet here we are.
I am wondering who are the members of the National D-Day Memorial and what possible explanation they could have for undercutting the sacrifices of our WWII veterans. Obviously they have never served in our military and need to be given a thorough education!!
Bruce Roosa,
This notion of giving Stalin any recognition is a disgrace!
Jean Marie Marsden,
Becky Lannon,
Paul Hadzewycz,
David Harvey,
Dictators are to be overthrown, not embellished in memorial.
Ziva Sahl,
My Father was a WWII Vet, a man proud to have fought for continued freedom of our great nation and that of our allies. The inclusion of Stalin, a mass-murdering dictator, dishonors all the those who fought wth the Allied forces.
Marcie Dreyer,
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This is an absolute insult to those who gave their lives for our country during this war. What are you thinking and what is the justification for this decision to include this murderer?
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Eric Pierson,
This statue is not only embarrassing to have on US soil, it is insulting!
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He does not belong on any D-Day Memorial. What are they thinking???
Kathy Vennemann,
This is an outrage. Since when do we idolize mass murderers?
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Maija Demants Salkeld,
Get rid of it!
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John Schilling,
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This is so absurd that it is difficult to belive.
Keith A. Kelso,
Eric Ellis,
Melvin Jones,
I think it is shameful and stupid to include Stalin. If he is to be included, by not in Chiang Kai Shek. He at least was not a murderous dictator. But he didn’t have any more to do with D-Day than did Stalen the murderer.
Victor Hadaway,
I am a Vietnam veteran against this abomination. My father Charles K. Hadaway fought in WWII for the freedoms that stalin denied so many.
Thomas Gilfether,
tom irwin,
Sralin did nothing to help the in the D-Day landings. Where as the landings helped Stalin.
Helen Sedlack,
MAX MILES,
I am a vet and this is disgusting a memorial for one of our biggest enemies of world was two
Frank Muretich,
My favorite uncle fought at Normandy on D-Day! This is a slap in the face for all WWII Veterans! HOW dare you dishonor their bravery and sacrifice!
Anders Hjemdahl,
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This is an insult to the patriots that fought communism
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Get rid of this pathetic statue ! He had millions of people killed!!!!!
Dayle Robbs,
Let us honor those worthy of honor. One responsible for the massacre of millions should not be honored.
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Steve Dunn,
If Stalin, then why not Hitler, he had a H*LL of lot more to do with D-Day than Stalin. However, in truth neither deserve a place at the table of heroes. Only true patriots to the cause of freedom should be recognized and honored for their participation and sacrifice in this great event. In my opnion, this raises questions about the patriotism of those who made the decision to include Stalin.
sharon crow,
david berkland,
stalin was the opposite of what our soldiers died for
Ralph Quosig,
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1. Russia was not part of the D-Day Invasion
2. And perhaps more importantly in this case, we do have hindsight to rely on. No matter his role, one of the greatest muderers of known human history should not be glorified in any way, shape or form. Reality trumps all else.
Wes Christensen,
Thelma Taormina,
The bust is an insult to every person who has given their life for our Country and our freedom.
Scott Brittin,
Can’t begin to imagine anyone believing this would be a good idea. What in the hell were these people thinking/smoking?????
Marcie Soto,
Are we now honoring those that have committed crimes against humanity? This is beyond immoral.
Neil Horowitz,
This commie bastard’s bust has no place on US soil! Especially commemerating an event he had no part in.
Denise Greer,
Will Blatz,
Kevin Burkett,
Patrick Corcoran,
Stalin has no connection with this memorial and should not be there.
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Jennifer Copeland,
There should never have been one erected in the first place !!!!!!
Eric Rappaport,
Thank you for you efforts to defend the sacred honor of the troops who fought to liberate Europe form tyranny on D-Day.
Chris Fay,
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I can not believe this Country would have a bust of this person in that place of honor. It’s an insult to every Veteran.
John C. Fowler,
Ruth Delaney,
This statue dishonors the memories of my beloved uncles who fought in WWII. Please remove the bust of this butcher from the memorial.
Michael Rabjohns,
cazacu marius,
William Phillips,
Gay DeHoff,
This is an insult to every military person living or dead. It is another example of Political Correctness amuck instead of common sense!!
Troy Case,
Cassandra Troy,
History is not relative. Joseph Stalin has no place in this memorial for brave men and women who gave their lives for liberty. Stalin was a tyrant who enslaved half our continent for decades and was a mass murderer to boot. Facts matter. Time does not change them.
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Insult. Remove Stalin.
Elizabeth McCarthy,
Pamela Lowe,
Is there no end to the ignorance that could even suggest a bust of Stalin in this place of honor. I am hurt for those who gave their lives, and it is in their memories that I object to this.
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This is a travesty to those who fought & died for us & the Free World!
Shirl Lamonna,
My Dad landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Three months later, he lost his arm fighting for our freedom. His brother landed on Utah Beach (also on D-Day) & they spent many hrs throughout their lifetime discussing the horrors of the war. I am appalled that the US would include a bust of this Marxist/Communist mass murderer at the Natl
D-Day Memorial. This is disgusting!
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WHY ?? honor Joseph Stalin……what audacity! It was our Western Allies who triumphed in the D-Day landings at Normandy.
Robert Henry,
This sucks. Stalin was a butcher and incompetent leader. He was responsible for the huge losses to the Russians. He wanted war with the USA. How dare the obamy the commie administration put up such a thing.
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an insult to the american ww2 veteran to have this erected.
norbert rohaly,
Carlos Eire,
Absolutely shameful, to honor this monster in such a way.
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The D-Day Memorial should be about the truth of the brave men and women who died defending liberty on that day. Mr Stalin did nothing to promote liberty. He should not be commenerated in any way
Ardell Barr,
Gabor Becht,
It is a travesty to leave this statue/bust of a mass murderer
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Communist Dictator that sacrificed his people should NOT be honored with our fallen…they fought to free…he fought to suppress. Its and insult!
Robert Bullock,
Insanity – stop it!
Calvin Weyers,
This man should not be honored in any way, shape, or form in this nation. His pact with Hitler enabled that regime to begin a terrible war – one that later engulfed his nation.
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ben davis,
J Cruz,
This Communist mass murderer has no place on American soil. Who ever is responsible for putting this thing there should get the hell out of the USA. God bless America and all who defend her!
Staci Jackson,
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How dare you put a bust of this low-life monster among our heros! You need to be fired, if you allow it to stay!
Matt Wolfe,
The tree of liberty must be refreshed every now and then with the blood of patriots and tyrants, it is the natural manure.
Gintare,
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J. K. Ingram,
Absolutely LUDICROUS idea! Has D.C. gone completely out of it’s collective mind? (Appears to be so!)
Gary Richardson,
Russians didn’t sacrifice at D-day and Stalin was a dictator who murdered many millions of people and should never be obsurbed as a hero, He was a butcher,
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Eileen Neulman,
This is an evil man and an enemy of the State!
Rocco D Filoso,
Mary Jo Lampe,
Elizabeth Sams,
This is beyond insulting and absurd – get rid of the Stalin statue NOW!
Timothy Williams,
Frank Dry,
We need to get to the bottom of who’s idea this was and fire them.
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Inclusion of this hideous tyrant in this honorable memorial is an appalling and outrageous act, as well as being historically dishonest. What could be the purpose???
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This is just one more step to indoctrinate the US to become one with the world.
Andrew Ludanyi,
His presence would desacrate the memorial!
Chad G. Abbott,
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Ralph Russo,
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THIS IS JUST ONE MORE INSULT TO WEAR DOWN THE PUBLIC IN PREPARATION FOR A SOCIALIST/FASCIST TAKEOVER
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America shouldn’t honor political killers.
mara kaugurs,
Unthinkable – unbelievable!
Joel K. Levy,
Why do we have this tribute to this monster in our country? What about Hitler, Mussolini, and Mao? Might as well have statues of them, if we are going to have a statue of this homicidal maniac.
Shirley Manning,
This is a slap in the face to all who served during WWII to have a Mass Murderer’s bust included in our National D-Day Memorial. Remove this abomination!
Madra Bernard,
Insulting
Jameson Lewis III,
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Those who have caused this deceipt will receive their reward.
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My family landed on D-Day and I’ve had family murdered by the Russians during their occupation of Eastern Europe this is an insult to all freedom loving people in the world. Take it down!!!
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STALIN??????????????? Are you fucking kidding us?
Lisa Crawford,
Honor is for those that fight for freedom on D-Day. Stalin did not. Do not confuse history, do not disrespect sacrifice and do not misrepresent the facts of the past.
Nick Taormina,
I am the President of, We The People Are The 9-12 Association, Inc. and a veteran this is disgraceful this man who murdered his own people, should be shunned not honored, please stop this insanity NOW !!!
howard schelin,
what kind of education created this situation??
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Henry Gomez,
Stalin should not be praised for any reason, especially for events he had nothing to do with.
Susan Husselbee,
A communist murdering thug should never be honored in an Amercian war memorial!
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Cathe Harris,
Elise Newman,
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Cindy S.,
Murderous dictators should NEVER! be honored in the US!
Rose Marshall,
Marge Taylor,
It’s an insult that they would put Stalin,the butcher, there.
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This is just one more step to indoctrinate the US to become a One World Order. A complete disrespect to our Miltary. GOD Bless!
Isaac Gutwilik,
Find another appropriate place for his bust. Any
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Joann Balfour,
Markshearman,
this is not right!!!
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Neil Steiner,
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Norman J. Garneau,
Another progressive attempt to rewrite history.
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Linda Faison,
aleidaquintas,
We cubans that sufer under comunies goberment do not wish the criminal be homenage
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Scott Strong,
Ken Stewart,
Stalin had nothing to do with D-Day, hated the West, and killed more of his own people than Hitler did.
Boyd Leavitt,
Having any reminder of Stalin is unworthy!
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This is a disgrace. One of the most brutal, murderous dictator has no place among the honorable men and woman of D-Day.
Emilio Carril,
It is an obscene travesty to have a bust of this monster in the D-Day Memorial. It must be removed!
Warner Todd Huston,
Astrid Sköldebring,
The appropriate place for this bust is under a huge roller that will pulverize the darn thing to smithereens.
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What an affront to the veterans who actually liberated western Europe on June 6, 1944. It is shameful!
Dan Crone,
Mary Gillespie,
There’s no recognition of Stalin in Normandy – even the French understand this issue!
Wanda Slawinska,
Stalin is the author a death sentence of millions of freedom loving people.
katherine l. zeigler,
It is a travesty to memorialize a mass murderer
Juris Lazdins,
Stalin’s sculpted likeness has been relegated to heaps of rubble in his own country and here we put him on a pedestal. That someone would come up with this sickens me.
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This is SICK!!! Is this for real???? How could our government approve such erection???
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He does not belong there and needs to be removed. It is a disgrace to all the honorable veterans who fought D-Day.
