In Irkutsk at the Eternal Flame memorial, a rally and an international scientific and practical conference were held for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Fascism. The events brought together former fascist camp prisoners, veterans, schoolchildren and officials, and the main theme was remembrance of the war and preventing its recurrence. The conference brought together more than one hundred participants from different cities in Russia and abroad for the first time and became a platform for dialogue between generations.

The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Fascism, observed around the world on the second Sunday of September, was held the day before in the city of Irkutsk.
The event took place today, September 12, at the Eternal Flame memorial. Taking part in the event were: participants of the international scientific and practical conference “The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 through the Eyes of Children – Former Prisoners of Fascist Concentration Camps,” Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly Sergei Brilka, Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Region Sergei Dubrovin, as well as veterans and schoolchildren of the city of Irkutsk.
After the rally ended, a scientific and practical conference was held, which later became a platform for communication between modern youth and children of war.
- War must not happen again. There are very few of us left, but we will give all our strength so that you may live in peace, - this is how Nikolai Makhutov, Chairman of the International Union of Former Juvenile Prisoners of Fascism, addressed Irkutsk schoolchildren.
According to Sergei Dubrovin, Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Region, holding the scientific and practical conference and the rally in this way became for all of us the beginning of commemorative events as part of preparations for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory.
On September 11 and 12, the international scientific and practical conference “The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 through the Eyes of Children – Former Prisoners of Fascist Concentration Camps” was held in Irkutsk for the first time. More than one hundred people from the Irkutsk Region, Voronezh, Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk, Moscow, Ulan-Ude, as well as Sevastopol, Minsk, Kiev, and Sofia took part in the conference.