УРА! С ДНЕМ ПОБЕДЫ!
С ДНЕМ ПОБЕДЫ! Уже несколько раз начинала писать заметку, но понимала, что все это пустое. А сегодня хочется написать. Уже больше двух недель я в замечательном городе Рио-де-жанейро. Спустя некоторое время поведую почему. И вот сегодня 9 мая. Выхожу с утра всех кто дома поздравлять, а на меня смотрят вытянувшиеся лица бразильских родственников. Поскольку час был ранний ( 7 утра) и времени у меня было ровно на то, чтобы налить сока перед уроком китайского, то я не стала развивать тему. Однако до слез расстроилась и пошла по-китайски обсуждать эту тему. Поговорили о китайско-японской войне, о празднике в сентябре, о победе СССР и освобождении Германии. Завтра моя китаяночка даже проведет тематический урок в немецкой школе, где она киатйский преподает.
Бразилия- единственная страна Южной Америки, участвовавшая в антигитлеровской оппозиции и отправившая армию и суда на войну. Спросила у брата мужа почему же не празднуют. Приведу оригинал ответа :
Now, to me Victory Day was yesterday. I had dinner with some friends from the Ministry of Foreign Relations and we even toasted to Victory Day. One of my friends said that he attended (in official capacity) the veterans' parade in the memorial monument we have close to Santos Dumont airport. And it is true, Brazil was the only South American country to take part in the war. Our ships were even attacked by the Germans, we helped in the Battle of the Atlantic, and we sent forces to Italy.
Brazilian participation in WW2 helped take down Getúlio Vargas. At the time, everyone asked how we could be fighting for democracy in Europe while having a dictatorship in Brazil.
But I must warn you: nobody cares about Victory Day in Brazil. There is no mention of it in newspapers, no one talks about it, no one even knows what you're talking about.
I think nobody cares about Victory Day in Brazil because ever since military decided to stay in power in the late 1960s Brazil has a very strong anti-military culture. Most intellectuals and History teachers (I remember that in school) try to play down the Brazilian participation in WW2. I know it's minor, or even very minor, but it was not nothing. Brazilian ships were sunk, soldiers were killed. And yet people try to portray it as a mere act of misguided subservience from the Brazilian government before the mighty USA. Not true. There was much bargaining. Our dictator, Getúlio Vargas, was able to make the US build a great ironworks plant in Volta Redonda, in the state of Rio de Janeiro in exchange for Brazilian participation. Besides, I think most of the ships in the Brazilian navy were given by the USA.
Бразилия- единственная страна Южной Америки, участвовавшая в антигитлеровской оппозиции и отправившая армию и суда на войну. Спросила у брата мужа почему же не празднуют. Приведу оригинал ответа :
Now, to me Victory Day was yesterday. I had dinner with some friends from the Ministry of Foreign Relations and we even toasted to Victory Day. One of my friends said that he attended (in official capacity) the veterans' parade in the memorial monument we have close to Santos Dumont airport. And it is true, Brazil was the only South American country to take part in the war. Our ships were even attacked by the Germans, we helped in the Battle of the Atlantic, and we sent forces to Italy.
Brazilian participation in WW2 helped take down Getúlio Vargas. At the time, everyone asked how we could be fighting for democracy in Europe while having a dictatorship in Brazil.
But I must warn you: nobody cares about Victory Day in Brazil. There is no mention of it in newspapers, no one talks about it, no one even knows what you're talking about.
I think nobody cares about Victory Day in Brazil because ever since military decided to stay in power in the late 1960s Brazil has a very strong anti-military culture. Most intellectuals and History teachers (I remember that in school) try to play down the Brazilian participation in WW2. I know it's minor, or even very minor, but it was not nothing. Brazilian ships were sunk, soldiers were killed. And yet people try to portray it as a mere act of misguided subservience from the Brazilian government before the mighty USA. Not true. There was much bargaining. Our dictator, Getúlio Vargas, was able to make the US build a great ironworks plant in Volta Redonda, in the state of Rio de Janeiro in exchange for Brazilian participation. Besides, I think most of the ships in the Brazilian navy were given by the USA.