Latvian Waffen SS Veterans March in Honour of Fallen Comrades

[Rev.Cambeul]

Waffen SS Veterans March in Latvian Capital to Honor Fallen Comrades
RT (Russia)
https://www.rt.com/news/381085-riga-march-latvian-waffen-ss

Extract: Former Nazi collaborationists and Waffen SS members marched through the Latvian capital to mark Legion Day [March 16], an unofficial holiday in the Baltic country that honors those who died fighting on the German side during World War II. The veterans, along with hundreds of their nationalist supporters, gathered at the Cathedral of St. John in Riga before marching to Dome Square and then on towards the Freedom Monument, where they commemorated the Latvian Legion's deployment against the Red Army near the Russian town of Pskov in 1944 ... The Latvian Legion of the Waffen-SS was created in 1943 on the orders of Adolf Hitler, and almost 150,000 Latvians served in its two divisions.


What Was The Latvian Legion?
Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z88nNnbgJrQ

Why do so many citizens of a small Baltic country defy harsh international criticism to honor the young men who fought with the "Nazi" Waffen SS during World War II? Who were the Latvians who fought in German uniform along with so many other Europeans against the Allies? Why is March 16 the commemoration day of the Latvian Legion? Runtime: 7:13 mins.


Latvians Welcome German Troops, 1941
Video (Latvia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f26Ac3-tClQ&NR=1

In Riga, the capital of Latvia, joyful crowds welcome German troops as liberators from Soviet oppression, July 1, 1941. Brief video clip, with Latvian narration. Runtime: 37 secs.


Latvians Rally Against Soviet Tyranny, 1943
Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIXnsZdZW90

One hundred thousand Latvians rally in Riga in 1943 to express their rejection of Soviet tyranny, and to show solidarity with Germany and the other European nations fighting for freedom from US and Soviet domination. German-language narration. From the wartime German "Descheg" monthly newsreel, No. 22, Dec. 1943. Runtime: 1:11 mins


The Eastern Front: Memoirs of a Waffen SS Volunteer
Leon Degrelle -- Book available from IHR
http://ihr-store.com/ihrstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_10&products_id=131

A gripping first-person memoir of soldierly sacrifice, heroism and fierce combat against numerically superior Soviet forces during World War II, by a charismatic Belgian writer and politician turned front-line infantryman. New, revised IHR edition, with index and photos. Here is the epic story of the Walloon Legion, a volunteer Belgian unit of the World War II pan-European SS force, as told - in absorbing prose -- by the legendary Degrelle. Captures the grit, terror and glory of Europe's crusade against Communism.