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"Denazify", "genocide", "Munich": why is the lexicon of 1939 massively used in the Ukrainian crisis?

2022-03-04T10:51:27.862Z


FOCUS - On both sides, evocations of the Second World War are multiplying to justify or condemn the invasion of Ukraine. Point Godwin, historical reference or weapon of geopolitical discredit?


We must "

denazify

" Ukraine, claims Vladimir Putin, and prevent it from committing "

genocide

" in the Russian-speaking regions.

On the contrary, asserts Volodymyr Zelensky, it is the bloody attack on the Kremlin that is the real “

genocide

”.

For its part, the European Union is clear: the Russian head of state “

behaves like the Nazis

”.

"He wants to prevent a genocide, which is total nonsense, because he is about to commit one

", denounced the spokesman for the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, on the first day of the Russian offensive.

As for the weakness of the Westerners until the eve of the attack, it has a "

scent of Munich

“, according to the British Minister of Defense, Ben Wallace.

So many words and expressions that refer to the lexical field of the Second World War.

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"

It's a classic reflex to look in your recent field of experience

", analyzes Christophe de Voogd, who teaches at Sciences Po the uses of the past and political rhetoric.

"

Since...

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Source: lefigaro

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