To the Editor

History Echoes

To the Editor:

August 23rd is observed in many European countries as a day of remembrance for one of the most cynical political actions in Western history and is recognized by many, including our Canadian neighbors, as Black Ribbon Day. This Saturday marks the 86th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between the Stalinist Soviet Union and Hitler’s Nazi Germany. A secret portion of this mutual non-aggression treaty was an agreement between the two powers to partition the independent countries that lay between them. The German invasion of Poland began a week later, precipit...