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Jewish groups condemn Latvian parade to honour Nazis, warn it could be used for Russian propaganda

The march to honour Latvia’s SS Legion was cancelled for two years because of pandemic health restrictions, but was held again on Wednesday.

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“They are honouring a SS unit whose members were involved in atrocities,” Rotrand said. “This year, in particular, there is an amazing lack of understanding of the damage a march like this does to the unity of NATO and the nations standing for democracy.” […]

Holocaust scholars and Jewish groups note the easiest way for eastern European governments to undercut Putin’s claims that they support Nazism would be to put a halt to such celebrations and to remove monuments to collaborators.

But Latvian officials have doubled down on praise for the SS and argue the members of the legion are heroes who fought the Russians and had nothing to do with the Holocaust.

17 Mar 22

It’s russian disinformation that *checks notes* Waffen SS agent “Arajs the Latvian Jew-Killer” had anything to do with the holocaust

Viktors Arājs - Wikipedia

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Arajs Kommando - Wikipedia

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‘We need to stop having parades for the SS… because it’s bad optics for NATO.’