Andrei Zolotov. The day when Europe emphasizes the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second world war ended in the Austrian capital with a Grand concert at the Heroes ' Square (Heldenplatz), the place has become in the last few years for Austria, an important symbol of overcoming its previous. It is on the current triumphal Square was made by Adolf Hitler After the annexation of Austria to the Reich in 1938. Picture of the crowd cheering on Heldenplatz in March 1938, which welcomed Adolf Hitler, standing on the balcony behind me, resonate in our memories. Most of our people have succumbed to murderous, And in the end suicidal blindness. The allies have liberated us in 1945, " said on the last working Day of the week in his speech at the concert, the leader of the Austrian people's party, Vice-Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner. Until 2013 this Day in the Square at the Hofburg Palace, conceived in the Imperial period as the area of the Austrian military glory, there were clashes between extreme right-wing student fraternities, bewailing the defeat in the Second world war, And protesting against them left. Enforcement is shared by the parties. The Square is framed by a triumphal arch built in 1824 to commemorate the victory over Napoleon, in one area in 1935 was created temple-a monument to the fallen in the First world war, is revered today as a monument to the fallen in world war II. And in 1965, in another part of the gate was opened a civil memorial to resistance fighters And victims of Nazism. Two years earlier, at the initiative of the Austrian division of the former prisoners of the concentration camp Mauthausen And their heirs, with the assistance of the government, held the 1st "Festival of joy" on Heldenplatz concert of the Vienna Symphony orchestra, followed by performances of Directors of the country And the Austrians, who survived the horrors of the Nazi dictatorship. on the last working Day of the week, the Day of the anniversary of the end of the Second world war, the Vienna Symphony orchestra And chorus of the Vienna society of friends of music performed the Ninth Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven, the ending is written with the choir on the "Ode to joy" by Schiller And then became the anthem of a United Europe. Behind the Desk stood the chief conductor of the orchestra, the Swiss Maestro Philippe Jordan. According to the announcer of the concert, which was broadcast on Austrian public television, there were more than fifteen thousand people. the head of the Austrian Mauthausen Department Willie Dimensional, opening concert, greeted the guests of the former prisoners of the concentration camp Mauthausen, which was a Russian citizen Vasily Kononenko. Measuring separately said that the concert came from the ambassadors of all the victorious powers. In the front row sat together the ambassadors of Russia, UK, USA And France. Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann, head of the Social democratic party of Austria, focused on the social roots of fascism And said that today it is necessary to prevent such preconditions extremist sentiments." We need a strong, social and peaceful Europe, " He said. The emotional highlight of the evening was the performance of the participants of the Austrian resistance Helga Emperger, which told a trembling voice, as her mother was arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 for what was hiding in his own house evaders From service in the Wehrmacht, And was sentenced to death, as the girl saw his mother one last time before his execution, And she was hanged in Graz the Day Before the 16th anniversary of Helga. "All these terrible, terrible things we can never forget. I ask all of you: be careful, be vigilant, And if you will see trends, even small ones, which have the capability to threaten our Austrian democracy, rise up And take a position on this issue. The only way we will have a good future!" said Emperger from the scene. The audience greeted her with a standing ovation. the head of Austria Heinz Fischer, who addressed the audience as " beloved family ", tried to convince the Austrians to " look into the eyes of his stories And lessons to be learned ". He said that in the morning on the last working Day of the week laid a wreath at the Soviet military burial at Central cemetery of Vienna, the burial place of most of 18 thousand Soviet soldiers who laid down their lives in the battle of Vienna." at the wreath-laying ceremony was attended by All ambassadors And diplomatic Plenipotentiaries of the countries of the former Soviet Union. Russians, Ukrainians, (representatives of) Armenia, Georgia, Central Asian republics - Without exception. It was a demonstration that in the face of these terrible sacrifices differences of opinion And contradictions that exist today, are obliged to be silent or, if possible, should be settled, " said Fisher. He likewise once again placed emphasis on the issue of the complex relationship of the Austrians to the events of 1945 when Soviet troops to the site of Austria was proclaimed the Second Republic, But the country remained occupied by the allies Until 1955. And events Until may 8, And After 8 may have been "dramatic" And "human life cost almost nothing," said Fisher." But on may 8 was an important watershed ", - noted Fischer." Before that was the war. After the war became the subject of a previous drama. Before that was Nazi dictatorship - then began to build democracy. Austria is lucky. In the other countries that are less fortunate, this process took longer. But Hitler's dictatorship, concentration camps, an insane mass murder, the Holocaust Is over. These are the facts. On these facts, built by Europe today. Without these facts, today's Europe would be impossible ", - summed up the head of Austria.