NEW YORK – World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer on Sunday voiced concern and condemnation after veterans of Latvia’s WWII-era Waffen SS wing and their allies marched through the capital Riga to honor their fallen comrades, and more than 1,000 neo-Nazis paraded through the Lithuanian capital Vilnius chanting ‘Lithuanians for Lithuania’.
Over 1000 Neo-Nazis Fill Main Vilnius Boulevard on Lithuanian Independence Day
Ignoring international pleas (including over two thousand signatures on an online petition) for the withdrawing of permits for this year’s neo-Nazi march, Vilnius authorities mounted a major police presence to keep order during today’s event in the heart of the Lithuanian capital.
