A Simon Wiesenthal Center official has sent a letter to Latvian President Anatolijs Gorbunovs protesting his participation in ceremonies this week marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of ...

Police in Latvia arrested a man participating in a pro-Nazi march on Friday morning because he was carrying a poster with an image of soldiers killing Jews. The annual Remembrance Day of the Latvian ...

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RIGA (Reuters) - Several hundred veterans, relatives and supporters of a Nazi SS division formed from Latvians during World War Two held their controversial annual commemoration on Monday in defiance ...

A protester was arrested for holding up a picture of Jews being murdered in the Holocaust. RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Police arrested a man for displaying a poster of soldiers killing Jews at the annual ...

A Massachusetts architect and volunteer ethnic leader of George Bush’s campaign was a member of the Latvian Legion, an auxiliary of the Nazi Waffen SS, during World War II. The Bush campaign on ...

The FINANCIAL — RIGA. Latvia's ruling New Era party said on March 7 it would appeal against a decision by the Latvian capital's legislature to ban a demonstration by Waffen SS veterans and their ...

Latvian veterans who fought for Nazi Germany against the Soviets in World War II staged a controversial march through Riga Wednesday to mark a key 1944 battle. Police said more than 1,000 people ...

RIGA, March 15 (Itar-Tass) —— The administrative district court on Thursday overruled the ban of the Riga Duma on the holding of a march by the organization of the Latvian SS Legion veterans – the ...

Local antifascists from the Association against Nazism demand that the monument be dismantled and that the mayor of Bauska resign RIGA, September 19 (Itar-Tass) —— A monument to members of three ...

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