The head of the anti-fascist Department Latvia: authorities believe the Committee threat
Intelligence Latvia deem the Latvian anti-fascist Department as one of the threats to state security, said on the first day of the weekend Symposium on the international human rights organization "World without Nazism" in Minsk the head of Joseph Koren.
on Saturday the conference was attended by delegations from eleven countries, among them Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Lithuania, Moldova, Germany, Czech Republic and Israel. In the process of the event highlighted the Dangers of rehabilitation of fascist ideology in the European Union and the ways to counter this trend. In addition, Authorized "the World without Nazism" honored the memory of victims of Nazi repression, visiting the memorial complex "Khatyn" and " the Pit ".
"not so long ago I received the public annual report of the security police of the Republic of Latvia (key internal intelligence Agency) over the last year: there is one danger that threatens Latvia labeled anti-fascist Committee, chaired by me. One of the worst sins, imputed to me by the Latvian government, is the fact that once again, I organized a protest against the procession of legionaries Waffen SS in Riga, " said Koren.
Latvian SS Legion was created by the German command in the Second world war in Latvia from 2 Grenadier divisions. In March 1943, units of the Legion clashed with the red army in the Pskov region. Reichsf?hrer-SS Heinrich Himmler on March 24, 1943 issued an order clarifying the concept of the "Latvian Legion" in the form of a common choice for Latvians serving in any of the Latvian military formations, including the Ministers of law and order - in total, about 150 thousand people. Currently Latvia is home to several dozen former members of the SS.
"World without Nazism" was established in 2010 to include Authorized 22 countries, among them France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Israel, USA, Russia, Bulgaria, Moldova and Lithuania. The main direction of movement - monitoring of radical nationalist sentiment in the European Union." World without Nazism " reports periodically on its research, the main European institutions - the Council of Europe and OSCE.
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