70th anniversary of end of World War II marked throughout Baltics

The Baltic Times ^ | 2015-05-08 | The Baltic Times

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The 70th anniversary of the end of World War II was commemorated throughout the Baltic countries today.

In Estonia, the largest events will take place in the capital, Tallinn, where wreaths will be placed on behalf of the government at the Defence Forces Cemetery and at the memorial to the victims of Nazism at Rahumäe Jewish cemetery.

Traditionally, wreaths are placed in the name of the government at the Maarjamäe Memorial Square at the monument for participants of the 1944 Estonian defence battles, graves of German soldiers and the Red Army memorial.

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As previously reported, this year Lithuania will be the only EU country not to send any official representatives to the Military Parade of 9 May in Moscow, and Estonia and Latvia will send only their diplomats to Russia. While this date is celebrated as "Victory Day" in Russia, the Baltic countries see 1945 as simply the start of another occupation, as following the defeat of Germany, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union, not formally regaining their independence until 1991.

[1rudeboy]

Gotta love the Lithuanians. For all the True Conservatives™ here who tell us “not to poke the bear with a stick,” the Lithuanians do it gladly. And they are defenseless.

[itssme]

Go, Lithuania, Go. And continue to give the finger to Pootin. And obozo, too, if you have the chance. I'm Lithuanian, and my cousin, who was a partisan in WWII in Lithuania, was captured by Stalin's Red Army,along with other partisans, who were all from the same town. They were told to either join the Red Army or be killed, They refused to join the Red Army, and were then taken individually to their homes and in front of their families they were shot and their bodies were desecrated. The remains of these brave men were dumped in a common grave. After the war ended, the towns people buried their remains properly and erected a headstone with the names of these men and the story of their sacrifice and death. Hold fast to your freedom, Lithuania, and may God protect you and all those countries being threatened by Pootin.