«On May 2, 1945, culminating the unstoppable advance of the Red Army, the flag of the Soviet Union was raised on the Reichstag in Berlin and a few days later Nazi Germany signed its unconditional surrender. The day of May 9, 1945, whose 70th anniversary we celebrate this year, has become known as the 'Victory Day' because it symbolizes the victory over Nazi-fascism and its sinister project of exploitation and oppression of peoples with the establishment of Hitler’s "new order" and the end of the greatest carnage in Humanity's history, as was the case of World War II.»
Release by Secretariat of the Central Committee
Initiative to evoke
Lisbon, 8 May 2015
«It is with this conviction and great confidence that the PCP calls on the workers and the Portuguese people to develop their emancipating struggle and to make the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory over Nazi-fascism a powerful statement of unity in defence of peace, against the threat of fascism and war.»
Speech by Jerónimo de Sousa
«...The undersigned Communist and Workers' Parties call upon the workers and the peoples of the whole world to develop their liberating struggle, to make the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Victory over Nazi-fascism into a powerful assertion of unity and struggle for peace, and against the threat of fascism and war, which is rooted in capitalism and which represents a danger to Humanity, and for democracy, social progress and socialism...»
Joint Appeal - 70th anniversary of the Victory over nazi-fascism