Dear miners, dear families of the miners of the manganese mines in Chiatura
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We would like to thank you very much for your video report. Your report was very moving for the 20 or so participants at the commemorative event. Under the motto 1920 to 2025: Nothing is forgiven - No one is forgotten, around 20 participants gathered at the ‘Grave in the Haard’. They commemorated the 34 fighters of the Red Ruhr Army who were buried here. They were murdered by fascists in 1920 during the defence of the Ruhr region. 105 years ago, workers across party lines went on general strike against the fascist military dictatorship of the ‘Kapp Putsch’. Decisive for its suppression were 100,000 armed workers, mostly miners, who had joined together to form the Red Ruhr Army.
They successfully prevented the first attempt to establish fascism in Germany! These lessons from history are highly topical in view of the inauguration of the fascist Trump in the USA, the acute fascist danger in Germany and other countries around the world and the threat of world war.
It was important to the participants of the memorial service to look beyond Germany. Your video message came at just the right time.
It is also our desire to unite across national borders, party boundaries and often also mental boundaries. The fighters of the Red Army of the Ruhr showed us how to do it, they joined forces with social democrats, communists, trade unionists, Christians and other people. They are important role models for us in the fight against fascism and war.
Let's stay in touch. Write to us about your struggle and tell us about it.
On behalf of the participants of the memorial service at the grave of the 34 fighters of the Red Ruhr Army
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