Alexander Todovov shares his thoughts from May 2, 2014 when three of his close friends were killed inside the Trades Union Hall in Odessa, Ukraine.
Alexander is a lawyer and a journalist and is quite eloquent as he describes the "scary movie" experience on that fateful day when neo-Nazis killed more than 50 people inside the hall.
On that occasion local activists were gathering petition signatures on the Kulikovo Square that fronts the Trades Hall seeking a local referendum supporting local autonomy for the people after the US created coup d'etat in Kiev. When they were attacked by a huge horde of Nazi activists they ran inside the hall.
The Nazis then began throwing Molotov cocktails at the hall which quickly caught fire. As the smoke made it impossible to breathe inside the building people climbed onto the window ledges but were shot at by Nazis on the ground. Some jumped down and were beaten to death with bats. Many died inside the hall from smoke inhalation and burns. Only a few safely escaped that day.
(Above video by Regis Tremblay)
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