In 1998 Latvian Waffen-SS veterans marched to remember a battle against the Soviets.

Addressing the Latvian leaders as the guarantors of the country’s constitution, the authors of the letter write: “Indeed, we do object and protest the glorification of Latvian Waffen SS veterans at ...

The Waffen SS legion was created by the Nazi Germany command during World War II on the territory of occupied Latvia out of two Grenadier divisions. The SS, as well as the SD, the Gestapo and the ...

About 200 nationalists defied a ban to rally in the Latvian capital, Riga About 60 people have been arrested in Riga for defying a ban on rallies commemorating Latvians who fought with Nazi Germany ...

The monument to the Latvian legions of the Waffen SS has been demolished in Belgium, RIA Novosti reports. Scientists from Belgium and from other countries came to the conclusion that the monument ...

Russian lawmakers believe Latvian authorities thus revise the decisions of the Nuremberg trial which denounced all SS members, including Waffen SS MOSCOW, March 23 (Itar-Tass) —— The Russian ...

Hundreds of Latvians commemorated Second World War veterans who fought in Waffen SS divisions in an annual event that stokes ethnic animosity between Latvians and minority Russians.

Latvia and Estonia were also prominent in welcoming Waffen-SS veterans from across Europe, who in turn donated relief supplies and money to their hosts.

Latvian Waffen SS veterans and supporters stage an annual Legionnaires’ Day march in honour of the genocidal German organisation’s two Latvian divisions with barely disguised government approval.

Tracing back to World War II shows many Latvian families divided by the battlefield, with relatives literally fighting on opposite sides — some on the side of the Waffen SS and others with the ...