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To: Eleutheria5
#1. The only criminals who committed heinous crimes and got away with it either escaped to Latin America or were in the Soviet union. Can you name and others who committed heinous crimes and got away with just 1 year?

#2 These men marching in Estonia did not commit those crimes

If you were going to say this about Lithuanians and to some extent Latvians then yes, there are instances of Lits committing horrific holocaust crimes - and I don't know why they did that; but the Estonians while not "free" of this stain did not commit the same level.

And while you are right to condemn anyone whocommitted the holocaust you must not condemn those who fought on the side of NG against the Soviets because they believed it to be the only way they could save their nation.

66 posted on 03/19/2018 12:44:37 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Cronos

#1. The only criminals who committed heinous crimes and got away with it either escaped to Latin America or were in the Soviet union. Can you name and others who committed heinous crimes and got away with just 1 year?

In Forged In Fury by Michael Elkin, there is an appendix listing the German war criminals who received little to no punishment. I mention that in response to, I think your, naive assertion that any war criminals in the Latvian ranks were punished after the war. There were those of the Aajr and other auxiliaries that participated in massacres, and 600 of them were subsequently conscripted into the Latvian Legion. It would be unfair to paint the entire legion with the color red on their account, but irresponsible to exonerate these 600 just because they served in the Legion.

As for your repetition of already addressed points, I refer you to my previous posts and wish you good night. I’m done repeating myself.

Here, for your possible edification, is the Latvian Legion’s song. If any of you speak Latvian or can find a translation, keep me posted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zu3M-bkL8w


110 posted on 03/20/2018 4:04:24 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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