Latvian freedom fighters march through Riga

[Stegura]

Latvian freedom fighters march through Riga

Veterans of the dreaded Nazi Waffen SS marched in freezing temperatures in the Latvian capital Riga today cheered by locals who view them as heroes.

A city council ban on the march was overturned at the 11th hour by a court.

That meant that men who once wore the double S-flashes of the Nazi party's elite combat unit were honoured among the 2,000 who took part as freedom fighters from Communism.

All in their late 80’s and 90’s, the 30 odd Latvians who took up arms for the Third Reich against the Soviet Union in WW2 were the heroes of the day in the tiny Baltic state where Stalin was considered worse than Hitler.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...ed-Tories.html

[Beorn]

"One man's freedom fighter, is another man's terrorist"

[Eldritch]

"One man's freedom fighter, is another man's terrorist"

And of course also the other way around.

[Inese]

True heroes are true heroes and we can be very proud of them! In one generation there will no one be alive of that time to talk about it to the children. Only books, photos and films!!

[Murphy]

Nazi Germany, or Soviet Russia? I know which I would have chosen.

[Inese]

Nazi Germany, or Soviet Russia? I know which I would have chosen.

Soviet Russia is no option, ask every Latvian!

[Megrez]

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[Sol Invictus]

Nazi Freedom Fighters.. lol

[Äike]

Nazi Freedom Fighters.. lol

If some regime would send your entire family to Siberia then you would probably not want that regime to return. National Socialists didn't do genocide on Latvians, while the Communists did.

[RoyBatty]

Nazis lol