2024-10-20 12:17:00
The call for peace is not always moral, says Anne Applebaum in her acceptance speech for the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
Frankfurt/Main.
Peace Prize winner Anne Applebaum speaks out in favor of the use of weapons in Ukraine. “To prevent Russia from spreading its autocratic political system, we must help Ukraine win,” the Polish-American historian said in her acceptance speech. “If we had the opportunity to end this terrible cult of violence in Russia with a military victory, just as a military victory ended the cult of violence in Germany, then we should use it.”
At the end of the Frankfurt Book Fair Anne Applebaum was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. The prize, awarded for the 75th time, is endowed with 25,000 euros. “The awarding of the Peace Prize is perhaps a good moment to underline that the call for peace is not always a moral argument,” Applebaum said in Frankfurt’s Paulskirche.
“Anyone who calls for ‘pacifism’ and wants to cede to Russia not only territory, but also people, principles and ideals, has learned absolutely nothing from the history of the 20th century,” Applebaum said. The real lesson of German history is not that Germans should never go to war again, “but that they have a special responsibility to defend freedom and to take risks in doing so.” (dpa)
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