A man dressed in a pre-WWII Latvian military uniform salutes as former Nazi SS veterans and their sympathizers walk to the Monument of Freedom in Riga, March 16, 2016. (Ilmars Znotins/AFP/Getty Images)
RIGA, Latvia (JTA) — Each year on March 16, a macabre event unfolds on the square around this capital city’s most famous monument.
Known as the Memorial for Latvian Legionnaires, it is the world’s only march by veterans of Nazi Germany’s elite SS unit.
A handful of them, including nonagenarians in wheelchairs, lead the procession through the Old City to the monument. Some wear the insignia from their old units — …read more
Source: JTA
