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Latvian Gov. Again Gifts Central Riga for Glorification of Nation’s Wartime Waffen SS

Posted on 16 March 2019 by Defending History



RIGA MARCHES  |  VILNIUS MARCHES  |  KAUNAS MARCHES  |  PRO-NAZI MARCHES IN EASTERN EUROPE  |  GLORIFICATION OF COLLABORATORS  |  ANTISEMITISM

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AROUND 1000 TAKE PART IN 16 MARCH CENTRAL RIGA PARADE GLORIFYING LATVIA’S WARTIME NAZI WAFFEN SS

UPDATE OF 20 MARCH: CANADA CONDEMNS EVENT

Media coverage: Delfi.lv;  DPA;  Haaretz;  Jerusaem Post;  Jüdisches Forum (video);  LSM.lv;  Times of Israel;  Toronto Sun

Detail from the day

Petition against annual event approaches 7,000 signatures

Latvian government’s PR pamphlet for Western consumption

Background: Monica Lowenberg’s blog; DH coverage of previous years’ marches; Lowenberg’s articles in DH; Latvia section. Can people peacefully protest this march? A disturbing court ruling 

Latvian participant in last month’s torchlight march in Vilnius on 16 Feb.

This entry was posted in Antisemitism & Bias, Celebrations of Fascism, Collaborators Glorified, EU, Events, Human Rights, Latvia, Litvak Affairs, Neo-Nazi & Fascist Marches, News & Views, Riga's Waffen SS Marches. Bookmark the permalink.
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