RELATED:Neo Nazi march denied in Latvia50 years later, new data surfaces about Eichmann trialItaly’s first Holocaust museum to be built in RomeThe Riga city council reportedly tried to ban Daugavas Vanagi, a nationalist organization, from leading a march to the Freedom Monument in the city's center. The ban was overturned by the Riga Administrative court.DPA reported that the event's defenders claim that they are remembering those who died in the war because they were coerced to wear the Waffen-SS uniform, while critics say it glorifies Nazism.Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis reportedly said that Legionnaires Day was just an excuse used by extremists for confrontations.
Latvian court allows pro-Nazi march in capital
"Legionnaires' Day" commemorates those who fought in the Waffen-SS in World War II; Riga court overturns municipal ban.
RELATED:Neo Nazi march denied in Latvia50 years later, new data surfaces about Eichmann trialItaly’s first Holocaust museum to be built in RomeThe Riga city council reportedly tried to ban Daugavas Vanagi, a nationalist organization, from leading a march to the Freedom Monument in the city's center. The ban was overturned by the Riga Administrative court.DPA reported that the event's defenders claim that they are remembering those who died in the war because they were coerced to wear the Waffen-SS uniform, while critics say it glorifies Nazism.Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis reportedly said that Legionnaires Day was just an excuse used by extremists for confrontations.