[TomSmedley]

The Ukrainians fielded an SS division, and maintained armed resistance to Soviet Russian up to the mid-50s.

[AdrianR]

When I go to bignewsnetwork.com, the story shows up with a picture of prisoners in Afghanistan. The text is about Russia and Latvia, though.

[NEBUCHADNEZZAR1961]

Given that the Communist/Russians killed upwards of 12-15 MILLION civilians in the 1930's they should mind their own homicidal business and not dictate to the Baltics how they should celebrate their contributions to the war.

[Joe Boucher]

Well, I guess I'll have to mark this dump off my vcation itinerary.

[DTA]

Like father, like son.

A unit of the 15th Latvian SS Division marching in the city of Riga, summer 1943. Their Latvian arm flashes can be seen on their right hand sleeves. Huge numbers of Latvians volunteered for the German war effort against the Soviet Union - eventually some 148,000 Latvian men and women volunteered for all kinds of services, from military units to labor to auxiliary police units. This amounted to just over 12 percent of the entire Latvian population - the most any nation can spare in times of war.

[jb6]

So, the question is, do you support or abhore SS veteran parades in Riga?

I know what the SS did to a Free, Indepenent and Sovereign Poland, but so far you refuse to show loyalty to a Free, Independent and Sovereign Poland and the SS was Hitler's EU army of the moment. A formation for all the member nations of the New European Order.

So which is it?

[The Incredible One]

The Russian minority in Latvia is not EVEN ALLOWED TO VOTE. And this in the so called bastion of "human rights liberals" -
the EU. The Russians are the aggrieved lot here.

[dfwgator]

Just too bad all the Nazis and Commies couldn't have just killed each other off.