They were traitors – a teacher in the occupied Crimea spoke about the so-called reasons for the deportation of the Crimean Tatars

April 6, 2021

In the occupied Crimea, at a school in the village of Dachne, Sudak district, a primary school teacher Elena Rudenko is engaged in inciting ethnic hatred. The woman told the children that the entire Crimean Tatar people were deported because “they were traitors.” This was reported by the mother of one of the students Safinaz Aliieva.

“My daughter Samira Aliieva studies in a secondary school in the village of Dachne (Taraktash) in the Sudak district in grade 4. Some time ago, all the students of the class were given the task of preparing a story about their grandfathers and grandmothers, who endured the Second World War”,- the message said.

The girl told about the story of her great-grandfather, who fought at the front, but returned home after being wounded. Later, the man, along with his wife, was deported from Crimea. At this point, Samira was interrupted by the teacher and said that she would explain why the Crimean Tatar people were deported.

“I’ll tell you now why the Crimean Tatars were expelled. They were expelled because they were traitors, and their betrayal was that they helped the Germans, the invaders to seize Crimea”,- Rudenko said.

The girl's mother emphasized that her daughter literally immediately felt the condemning views of her classmates – not Crimean Tatars. The same thing happened with other children, and there are 9 Crimean Tatars in the class.