29 Aug 2014 18:17

Putin asks not to blame German people for Hitler's misdeeds

SELIGER, Tver region. Aug 29 (Interfax) - The people of Germany must not be held responsible for Hitler's crimes, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"Today some are still trying to keep the seal of blame on the Germans for everything that was done by Hitler. We must not forget what happened and we must draw conclusions, but the German people must not be held responsible for what Hitler did for the next thousand years," he told the Seliger 2014 youth forum on Friday.

"The attempt to make them (the German people) responsible after the First World War led to the second one," said the Russian president.