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Auschwitz anniversary: Russia puts World War Two focus on Soviet victims

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Russia puts WW2 focus on Soviet victims as officials shunned from Auschwitz ceremony.

In Russia today there is a discernible shift in focus away from the Holocaust to how the Soviet people as a whole suffered in World War Two .

More than 27 million Soviet citizens were killed in what is known here as the Great Patriotic War .

Jewish groups in Russia are doing what they can to remind Russians of the past so that it is never repeated.

"The right wing is on the rise everywhere. The number of Holocaust deniers is increasing," says Anna Bokshitskaya , Executive Director of the Russian Jewish Congress .

Despite their differences, the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition managed to unite for a common victory.

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