In honoring a book depicting Ukrainian volunteers in the Waffen SS as heroes and patriots, the group reveals historical ignorance—or indifference to antisemitism.

Riga - The head of Latvia's Lutheran church honoured soldiers who fought in a Nazi Waffen SS unit as "heroes" yesterday for helping… ...

About 300 Latvians marched through the capital on Monday to commemorate countrymen who fought in a Waffen SS unit during World War II, defying a ban by city officials.

Nearly 80,000 Jews, or 90 percent of Latvia’s prewar Jewish population, were killed in 1941-42, or before the formation of the Latvian Waffen SS units. This, claim many Latvians, shows the unit ...

The march Wednesday, a controversial affair which is Europe’s only annual event by Waffen SS veterans, drew a handful of counter-protesters from Latvia’s Jewish community and about 40 anti ...

Hundreds of Ukrainians attended marches celebrating Nazi SS soldiers, including the first such event in Kyiv. The so-called Embroidery March took place in the capital on April 28, the 78th ...

As for the Nazis’ battlefield losses, their official reports admit to only 17 killed in action and 93 wounded; these official casualty lists included members of Waffen-SS training and reserve ...

In honoring a book depicting Ukrainian volunteers in the Waffen SS as heroes and patriots, the group reveals historical ignorance—or indifference to antisemitism. Apr 10, 2024 / Lev Golinkin ...

Some nationalist Ukrainian-Canadians see members of Waffen SS Galicia as heroes for their battles against Soviet forces who were, along with Canada, the United States and Britain, part of a ...

Riga - The head of Latvia's Lutheran church honoured soldiers who fought in a Nazi Waffen SS unit as "heroes" yesterday for helping… ...