I ask for comments, and I get cut and paste. I read enough of the wikipedia article to note that it contradicts itself in several places. And the passage you quote is absurd. Latvia cannot be said to have been fighting for its freedom while under German occupation, and when the Latvian Legion was made up of conscripts. They were fighting against Soviet domination by submitting to Nazi domination.
This is not about who did and did not take part in the Rumbala Massacres. But since we’re on the subject, it’s noteworthy that 600 of the Latvian Legion conscripts were originally Arajs Kommando members, and that the Rumbala Massacres were carried out by the SS Einsatsgrupen A with the participation of members of the Arajs Kommando and other Latvian auxiliaries. But this is not my focus. If you want, say the Latvian Legion was only fighting at the front lines against Russia. Fine.
Bottom line is, the SS uniform and the Wehrmacht uniform were the mark of the German occupiers, and those Latvians who wore it were signifying their subservience to Germany. That is exactly what the Germans meant, and exactly how it was understood. To wear this uniform now is to glorify subservience. At the time it was an unfortunate sacrifice that Latvians made to get shut of the Soviets. To glorify it now is to glorify self-humiliation long after both the Nazi and Soviet oppressors are gone.
The same link says clearly that The Latvian legions were not involved in the killing of Jews So the comment is simple -- your link corroborates what I said that "the LavianSS did not commit the crimes theGerman SS did"
So the LatvianSS was a purely anti-Soviet force. If they were celebrating the Aajs Kommando THEN I would say NO, this is wrong, the Arajs Kommando were murderers.
The Latvians wore the German uniforms as those were the ONLY uniforms they were allowed to wear. They were not as large or strong as Finland to define what they wore (note of course that the Finns did have theSwastika on their planes) - but they did not participate in the killing of innocents
They do NOT glorify the nutzi murders of millions of Russians, Jews, Poles, etc. but they pay respect to their own men who fought the soviets.