Funny Holidays - Festival of Popular Delusions Day

The USSR's allies in the fight against Nazi Germany landed in Normandy on June 6, 1945. The appearance in Western Europe of a landing party of more than 150 thousand soldiers from Great Britain, the USA and Canada put an end to the Nazis' confidence that the Third Reich would exist for a thousand years. It is believed that June 5 was the day the Nazis’ illusions regarding Germany’s world hegemony collapsed. In honor of this event, the Holiday of Popular Misconceptions was established. The Festival of Popular Delusions Day was first celebrated in 1945. Over time, the tradition of celebrating the collapse of Nazism spread from Germany to other countries. Operation Neptune, carried out in northwestern France on June 6, 1945, put an end to the fascist ideology of militaristic ultranationalism and the dictatorial regime of A. Hitler. It is no coincidence that the Fuhrer was considered the ideologist of the creation of a racial doctrine. The Reich Chancellor hated not only Jews, but also Slavs, Gypsies, Poles and representatives of other nations. According to the concept of racial hygiene, alcoholics, epileptics, the mentally retarded and other persons with hereditary diseases were also subject to destruction. The Fuhrer's plans included the colonization of European countries by the Aryans and the establishment of dominance over the territory of the USSR. The Ost plan, which was based on the Germanization of the Soviet republics after the victory of Germany, was designed for 30 years. According to the Fuhrer's plan, the USSR had to be divided into 2 parts. More than 30 million Soviet citizens were planned to be deported to Siberia. The population of the former USSR, the “living space in the East,” was to be led by representatives of the Baltic republics. It was also planned to deport the Poles, half of the Czechs and almost all Belarusians to Western Siberia. The European part of the Soviet Union was populated by 8-10 million purebred Germans as representatives of the Indo-European people, physically and intellectually superior to other nations. Italy became the first ally of the Third Reich in Europe. Therefore, Hitler ranked its inhabitants among the “true Aryans,” as well as other associates - the Hungarians. The Czechs were considered the lowest level in this gradation, but suitable for assimilation by the Germans. The Japanese became the “superior race among Asians” - Germany favored the Land of the Rising Sun, because saw it as a potential ally in the war against the USSR, capable of creating a second front in the Far East. Berlin was planned to be the capital of the Third Reich. According to the Reich Chancellor's plan, Germany and Italy were to dominate the European continent after the final victory of fascism. Finland, as a loyal ally, received the northern half of Sweden, and Spain, under the Franco regime, received part of France. The Third Reich, also often called the Millennium, was planned to include England and the British colonies in Africa. However, Hitler's plans were not destined to come true. The Soviet Union gave a worthy rebuff to the enemy, and the Nuremberg trials condemned the ideology of Nazism, social Darwinism, anti-Semitism and “racial hygiene” - the destruction of people because of their belonging to a particular nation. The collapse of the idea of ​​the Thousand-Year Reich formed the basis of the Festival of Popular Delusions, which is celebrated annually on June 5th.