Happy Children's Day
Jun 01, 2022
Today is June 1, 2022, International Children's Day. We all know that Children's Day is a festival set up for children, children will celebrate this festival through various activities, so do you know the origin of children's Day?
The Lidice massacre
The establishment of international Children's Day, and took place during world War II a massacre - the Lidice massacre related.
June 10, 1942, the German fascists shot and killed more than 140 male citizens above the age of 16 and all babies in the village, and took women and 90 children to concentration camps. The houses and buildings in the village were burned, and a village was destroyed by the German fascists.
After the end of the Second World War, the economic depression around the world, tens of thousands of workers unemployed, living a life of hunger and cold. The situation of children is worse, some of them caught infectious diseases and died in batches; Some are forced to be child labor, suffering, life and life can not be guaranteed.
To mourn lidice tragedy and all dead in the war of the world's children, against cruelty and poison children, and safeguard the rights of children, in November 1949, the international democratic women's federation directors meeting in Moscow, delegates angrily revealed the imperialists and reactionaries kill and poison children's crimes. In order to protect the world's children's right to survival, health and education, in order to improve the lives of children, the conference decided to June 1 each year for the international Children's Day. Many countries at the time agreed, especially the socialist countries.
Many countries in the world will be June 1 as children's festival, especially in socialist countries. In Europe and the United States, the date of the Children's Day is different, and there are often few public celebrations. Therefore, some people misunderstand that only socialist countries will June 1 as the international Children's Day.
China in 1931 also once stipulated on April 4 for the Chinese Children's Day after the founding of new China, the Central People's Government Administrative Council in December 23, 1949 provisions, the Chinese children's Day and the international Children's Day unified.
Although "June 1 Children's Day" originated from the war, let a person feel heavy, but, we are also a happy generation, do not worry about the smoke, the good life is not easy, hope the world peace forever.
