Latvia legion

[Raul]

Hello, as many of you know Latvia was occupied by the Germany in 1941, in 1943 the 15th and 19th waffen ss was created. The legion consisted of young Latvians and former polizei battalion members and armed forces members. People called it the legion, because many of the members wanted to distance themselves from the other divisions of the waffen ss, and because during the Nuremberg trials, the divisions were deemed not criminal, do to no war crimes being committed by them, but people still have the audacity to call them criminals, perpetrators of the holocaust and other terrible titles. Most of my relatives served in the Latvian legion, one was sent to the Salaspils concentration camp for avoiding service. The protesters always say they fought willingly, well that’s only half true. Most of the men were obligated to serve, the only ones who didn’t serve were people with injuries, and males over 40. However there were a small amount of criminals in the divisions, these people were the polizei battalion members who escorted Jews to their deaths. The protesters also say that we remember them on the 16 of March because of their Nazi association, no we remember them because they wanted to fight for Latvia not Nazi Germany, and also because many of them died during the war. They also bully the elderly veterans, who are at least 90 years old now. However I don’t support what they did, I also hate when people call me a neo Nazi, for trying to preserve my family history. The legioniers don’t deserve to be called Nazis, and also many of them later tried to free Latvia in the late 40s from the Soviet Union, they deserve to be treated better. Raul