Recognise SS as heroes, say Estonian MPs
Recognise SS as heroes, say Estonian MPs
Sat 20 May 2006
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ESTONIAN MPs are trying to have men who fought for the SS in the Second World War officially re-classed as freedom fighters. When German forces marched into Estonia and its neighbouring Baltic states, Lithuania and Latvia, in 1941, many treated them as liberators as the countries had been occupied by the Soviets a year before and tens of thousands of people massacred by the Red Army.
Thousands later joined the German army and ended up in SS units. After Estonia's absorption into the Soviet Union, they were branded traitors. Now Estonia's right-wing Fatherland Union and Respublika parties want to see the former SS members recognised as heroes.
One MP, Trivimi Velliste, said: "Thousands fought for the Estonian republic then. The least we can do is recognise their struggle for liberation."
http://tinyurl.com/menoj
Sat 20 May 2006
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ESTONIAN MPs are trying to have men who fought for the SS in the Second World War officially re-classed as freedom fighters. When German forces marched into Estonia and its neighbouring Baltic states, Lithuania and Latvia, in 1941, many treated them as liberators as the countries had been occupied by the Soviets a year before and tens of thousands of people massacred by the Red Army.
Thousands later joined the German army and ended up in SS units. After Estonia's absorption into the Soviet Union, they were branded traitors. Now Estonia's right-wing Fatherland Union and Respublika parties want to see the former SS members recognised as heroes.
One MP, Trivimi Velliste, said: "Thousands fought for the Estonian republic then. The least we can do is recognise their struggle for liberation."
http://tinyurl.com/menoj
bin66 - 22. Mai, 01:11
