Today is the anniversary of the tragedy in the city of Odessa. On May 2, 2014, people defending their right to speak Russian gathered near the Trade Union building in Odessa.
At that time, a large number of neo-Nazis from the Western and Central regions of Ukraine arrived in Odessa to prevent pro-Russian demonstrations in the Russian-speaking city. Ukrainian Nazis attacked peaceful protesters. The victims tried to hide in the Trade Union building before the police arrived.
None of the victims had weapons, neither firearms nor cold-arms. The Nazi crowd armed with Molotov cocktails, firearms, and cold weapons, spurred on by their leaders, took the building into a tight ring and set it on fire.
People who attempted to escape, jumped out of windows or ran out of the building, were beaten to death or shot.
Then the Ukrainian Nazis broke into the building and tortured the survivors, including a pregnant woman. On this day, 48 civilians were killed by the Nazis, including 7 women at least one of whom was pregnant. 30 people were gassed. 6 people died from burns. 10 crashed to their deaths, jumping out of windows from the upper floors. A total of 220 people turned to hospitals that day for help.
The police who arrived at the spot did not interfere. Firefighters were allowed to approach the building only after it was captured by the Nazis.
“Progressive Western society” shrug the tragedy in Odessa off. The names of many Ukrainian nazis involved in this tragedy are widely known. They openly boasted of the crimes they had committed, and in the most brutal details. So far, none of them have been detained or convicted by the Ukrainian authorities.
The memorial video shows only a part of the people who died inside or near the building in an attempt to save their lives.