Stop the 16 March marches and Latvians revising history!
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they are not Nazis, they fought against Stalin's bloody regime
"The Baltic Waffen SS Units (Baltic Legions) are to be considered as separate and distinct in purpose, ideology, activities, and qualifications for membership from the German SS, and therefore the Commission holds them not to be a movement hostile to the Government of the United States."
Even before this decision, around 1,000 former Latvian Legion soldiers served as guards at the Nuremberg Tribunal, guarding Nazi war criminals. Afterwards, during Berlin Blockade, they took part in securing Allies facilities involved in the Berlin Airlift and later also were guarding USA Army headquarters
Re: they are not Nazis, they fought against Stalin's bloody regime
#4: Cheap Russian propaganda - they are not Nazis, they fought against Stalin's bloody regime
- The Latvian legion was
formed in the winter of 1943 however; March 16th 1944 is the
day the Legion was founded when Hitler
ordered it be established. All
Latvian writers agree that the day marks the only time, the two Divisions
of the Legion (15th and 19th) were fighting together
against the Red Army. Therefore, by
making the 16th March a day to remember war dead, Latvians, (despite Latvian official protestations
to the contrary), are making the day
when Latvian volunteers fought in the 15th and 19th
divisions of the SS an act of commemoration. As Israeli/Jewish critics have commented
even if one takes the stance that the Latvian legionnaires were not
criminals and that they were forced to fight for the Nazis, to commemorate
the Legion is far from being a positive act. - It should be noted that
nearly 130,000 other Latvians - enlisted to fight against the Axis
(Hitler's Germany, Mussolini's Italy and Japan). Most of them fought in
the Red Army that liberated their country from Nazism. After the
negotiations among the Allies, Latvia, like other Baltic states, was absorbed
by the Soviet Union. Professor
Vaira Vike-Freiberga sixth president of Latvia from 8 July 1999 – 8 July
2007 has described the men who joined the Red Army as traitors.
Nearly 80,000 Jews, or 90 percent of Latvia’s pre-war Jewish
population, were killed in 1941-42, two years before the formation of the
Latvian Waffen SS unit — which some Latvians claim shows the unit could not
have played a role in the Holocaust.
But an
unknown number of Latvian Waffen SS soldiers were involved in the murder of
Jews as auxiliary police — years before they entered the front-line unit.
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Re: they are not Nazis, they fought against Stalin's bloody regime
#4: Cheap Russian propaganda - they are not Nazis, they fought against Stalin's bloody regime
Please visit the exposition in Museum of modern art exposition called stolen childhood
Here is some video please use subtitles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rBmLEaEccsk
And will undersand everything.
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Re: they are not Nazis, they fought against Stalin's bloody regime
#4: Cheap Russian propaganda - they are not Nazis, they fought against Stalin's bloody regime
For full details concerning the history of the Latvian SS, 16 March marches and Latvian revising of history go to http://stop16marchinriga.blogspot.com/ for a detailed account
one of the reasons why Latvians fought against the Soviet
Re: one of the reasons why Latvians fought against the Soviet
#10: - one of the reasons why Latvians fought against the Soviet
This petition is not about why Latvians chose to fight the Soviets it is about the march of the legionaries and their affiliation with the SS. It is also about the fact that, ‘although these units were
not involved in crimes against humanity, many of their soldiers had
previously served in the Latvian security police and had actively
participated in the mass murder of civilians, primarily Jews...The
stubborn insistence of Latvia’s SS Legion veterans to conduct a public
march to glorify their role as combatants on behalf of the Third Reich is
a clear indication that many Latvians have still not internalised the
lessons of WWII... not one of the numerous Latvian killers who
collaborated with the Nazis has been brought to justice since Latvia
obtained its independence, far too many Latvians feel free to identify
with those who fought alongside the perpetrators of the Holocaust rather
than with its victims’.
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NO PASARAN!
Kein Naziaufmarsch 16.03.12. Riga, Lettland Blockade!
Robert Bastien - Enough with the corruption of history!
The SS were the most destructive force of WWII! How can the be considered heroes? They were the butchers responsible for so many civilian deaths. It's time that they be put in there rightful place in history! Not as heroes but as evil men!
latvian governement and legislation took my name off from me... what can i say, i spend A LOT of my time to explain every day to people that the 's' at the end of my name and surename is not readable. my name is Anton Bargel, not Antons Bargels (if you see 'antons bargels' anywhere please pronounce it as ANTON BARGEL no 's' at the end! whatewer they are trying to do with my name they are trying to do with our history! don't let them do this! and i'll keep fighting for my name! and for the history! don let them make teir fake bacoming truth for the young people!