RIGA, Latvia – More than 1,000 people paid tribute Wednesday to Latvians who fought on the side of Nazi Germany in Waffen SS detachments during World War II. Flanked by flag-bearers, participants in ...

Latvians who fought in the local unit of Nazi Germany’s Waffen SS held their annual parade on Sunday, an event which the government feared could raise tensions with Russia as former Soviet states ...

The recent uproar in Latvia over a proposed march by veterans of the Nazi SS highlighted the ambivalent relationship the Baltic nation has with its World War II behavior. RIGA, Latvia, March 26 (JTA) ...

A protester was arrested for holding up a picture of Jews being murdered in the Holocaust. RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Police arrested a man for displaying a poster of soldiers killing Jews at the annual ...

RIGA, latvia – Several hundred veterans, relatives and supporters of a Nazi SS division formed from Latvians during World War II held their controversial annual commemoration today in defiance of a ...

Jewish groups are condemning a parade in Latvia to celebrate members of Adolf Hitler’s SS, warning that the continued glorification of Nazis is not only wrong, but could also be used for Russian ...

This list is part of an ongoing investigative project the Forward first published in January 2021 documenting hundreds of monuments around the world to people involved in the Holocaust. We are ...