The annual commemoration honoring all those who sacrificed their lives in the hope for Latvian independence in the pursuit of freedom is a touchstone for foreign and domestic agendas. Every year we survey the press for representative coverage and select a report or opionion piece to analyze.
Annual surveys
- Coverage & analysis
- 2022 | PuglieseThe Latvian Legion is once again (intentionally?) mistaken for Hitler's collaborators — The Ottawa Citizen, David Pugliese
- 2021 | GolinkinNazi collaborator monuments in Latvia — The Forward, Lev Golinkin
- 2021 | Kuzmin (review)Review of articles — defendinghistory.com, Aleksandr Kuzmin
- 2021 | Sputnik NewsRussia Reveals Names of 23 Latvians, Including SS Members, Who Worked for CIA After WWII — Sputnik News, unattributed
- 2020 | Lowenberg et al.The West Once Again Silent as Latvia Glorifies its Waffen SS — defendinghistory.com, Monica Lowenberg INFORMATION PACKET
- 2019 | TaylorON TARGET: Terrorists come in all colours, from all walks of life — ChronicleHerald, Scott Taylor
- 2018 | HaaretzThe march in Latvia, a member of the NATO alliance and the European Union, is currently the only public event in Europe and beyond honoring those who fought under the SS banner — Haaretz
- 2018 | Maza/NewsweekVeterans of World War II-Era Nazi SS Special Forces March In Latvia As Europe Experiences Wave Of Far-Right Nationalism — Newsweek, Christina Maza
- 2017 | World Israel NewsLatvian march honors former Nazis — World Israel News, World Israel News Staff
- 2016 | ZuroffLatvia must come to terms with its past — Jerusalem Post, Efraim Zuroff
- 2016 | Sokol, VVN-BdAGerman anti-fascists face down pro-Nazi Latvian demonstrators in Riga — Jerusalem Post, Sam Sokol, VVN-BdA INVESTIGATION
- 2016 | FeigmanisSome High Latvian Politicians Think the Waffen-SS Fought for Freedom — defendinghistory.com, Aleksandrs Feigmanis
- 2015 | ZuroffOne man's journey to the heartland of fascism — Operation: Last Chance, Efraim Zuroff
- 2014 | HowittBritish MEP Richard Howitt, European Parliament Spokesperson on Human Rights, Issues Statement on Riga Waffen-SS March
- 2013 | Sharon, BrodskyA different kind of Holocaust remembrance — Jewish News Syndicate, Alina Dain Sharon, Richard Brodsky INTERVIEW
- 2012 | MacShane, LowenbergWhy does Latvia still honour the Waffen-SS? — New Statesman, Denis MacShane, Monica Lowenberg LETTER
- 2011 | NathanWhere Hitler's thugs are treated as heroes — The Jewish Chronicle, John Nathan
- 2010 | PatersonThousands pay tribute to Latvia's fallen Nazi troops — The Independent, Tony Paterson
- 2009 | ZīleTo call us Nazi sympathisers is absurd — The Guardian, Roberts Zīle
- 2008 | Voice of RussiaGlorification of Nazism — Voice of Russia World Service (blog), unattributed
- 2007 | Deutsche Welle, Putin speechPutin Accuses Europe of Ignoring Nazism in the Baltics — Deutsche Welle, unattributed
- 2006 | KalniņšHow Shall We Remember the 100,000? — Ojārs Kalniņš
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