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| Latvia must come to terms with its past
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The time has come for the new democracies of Eastern Europe to start facing the historical truth
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| Four Baltic marches, one dangerous racist trend |
This coming week will see the opening of what I refer to as "Baltic Neo-Nazi/Ultranationalist March Month." Within exactly 29 days, four such marches will take place in the capital cities of the Baltic European Union members - Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. more...
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| False symmetry between perpetrator and victim |
| Two dramatic presentations being staged this week, in venues thousands of miles apart on two different continents, will be delivering a powerful message with serious negative implications for the Jewish people. more... |
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| La réhabilitation musicale d'un nazi letton |
| Une nouvelle pièce en Lettonie dépeint Herberts Cukurs comme un héros national effaçant le cruel tueur de Juif. more... |
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| The musical rehabilitation of a Latvian mass murderer |
| A new play in Latvia portrays Herberts Cukurs as a national hero - not the cruel killer of Jews that he was. more... |
| 05.
07. 2013 |
blogs.timesofisrael.com |
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| The lie of Nazis as liberators |
| I would be extremely surprised if any of the readers of this article have ever heard of Limbazi, Latvia, but as of now the name of that town should light up a few red lights of caution in Western capitals, as well as in the Israeli Foreign Ministry. more... |
| 09.
04. 2013 |
huffingtonpost.com |
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| Riga and the Waffen-SS: Face to Face with the Unspeakable |
| Twenty-five years in politics put me in contact with every kind of saint, sinner, wacko and true believer. Included were more than my share of bigots and hate-mongers. more... |
| 18.
09. 2012 |
english.ruvr.ru |
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| Latvian
politicians’ fascination with Nazism seems everlasting |
| Latvia’s
authorities have made another mark in propaganda of Nazism. more... |
| 16.
03. 2012 |
newstatesman.com |
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| Why
does Latvia still honour the Waffen-SS? |
| No
EU member state should be honouring members of the biggest Jew-killing
machine in world history. more.. |
| 05.
03. 2012 |
teodorapetrescu.blogspot.com |
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| Presedintele
Letoniei a adus un omagiu voluntarilor din WAFFEN SS
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| Săptămâna
trecută preşedintele Letoniei, Andris Berzins, a declarat că
veteranii Waffen SS care au luptat alături de germani în al doilea
război mondial merită respectul societăţii, atrăgând asupra sa
un val de critici din partea Rusiei şi a organizaţiilor sioniste. more...
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| 31.01.2012 |
algemeiner.com |
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| The
Waffen-SS as Freedom Fighters
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| Despised
and ostracized, the Swedish community of Waffen-SS volunteers
long gathered in secrecy on “The Day of the Fallen,” for obscure
ritualistic annual gatherings at a cemetery in a Stockholm
suburb. more...
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| 08.
05. 2011 |
Ha-Aretz "Books" supplement |
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The
equivalency canard
EFRAIM
ZUROFF
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| In
this bold attempt to reframe a critical period in modern Eastern
European history, Yale historian Tim Snyder redraws historical
boundaries to create an artificial geographic entity that he
dubs “the Bloodlands,” taking in the area from central Poland to western Russia through Ukraine, Belarus
and the Baltics. more...
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| 11.01.11 |
balticworlds.com |
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Writing
history politically.
A safe haven for war criminals? |
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tension among politics, justice, and history lies at the heart
of the recent book Purgatorium by the Swedish historian Mats
Deland. Even though Sweden was formally neutral throughout World
War II, it was still intimately drawn into many aspects of the
conflict. more.. |
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Nacių
medžiotojas E.Zuroffas įspėja Europą apie Baltijos neofašizmo
pavojų |
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Nacių
nusikaltimus tiriančio Simono Wiesenthalio centro Jeruzalėje
direktorius Efraimas Zuroffas piktinasi nacionalistų judėjimais
Baltijos valstybėse ir negali suprasti, kodėl Lietuvos, Latvijos
ir Estijos valdžia į kylančią neofašizmo bangą žvelgia pro pirštus. more.. |
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| 05.
04. 2009 |
kauno.diena.lt |
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E.Zuroffas:
Baltijos šalyse atgimsta neofašizmas |
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Paskutiniu
nacių medžiotoju vadinamas žydų istorikas Efraimas Zuroffas
skalambija pavojaus varpais. Baltijos šalyse jis įžvelgė atgimstantį
neofašizmą. more.. |
| 03.
04. 2010 |
guardian.co.uk |
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| The
threat of Baltic ultra-nationalism
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| The
EU is wrong to ignore the resurgence of neofascism in Lithuania,
Latvia and Estonia – it threatens European democracy more...
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| Jewish
World: Facing the music?)
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| A
tour of the Museum of the Occupation in Latvia is coming under
fire for not fully acknowledging local complicity in the massacres. more...
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| Тори
должны ответить за связи с экстремистами ("The
Guardian", Великобритания)
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В
силу своего исторического невежества Дэвид Кэмерон не сознает,
как запятнали британскую политику его связи с поклонниками Ваффен-СС
Взвешенный репортаж Иэна Трейнора (Ian Traynor) из Риги о почестях, оказываемых
в Латвии ветеранам Ваффен-СС, служит напоминанием о том, что британскую Консервативную
партию так и не призвали к ответу за ее связи с восточноевропейскими экстремистами. more...
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| 17.
03. 2010 |
guardian.co.uk |
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| Dangerous
history-rewriting in Latvia
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| This
week I took part in a protest against those who paint the Waffen-SS
as heroes. Britain should take a similar stand more...
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| 28.
09. 2009 |
guardian.co.uk |
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| The
Nazi whitewash
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| The
sight of SS veterans marching down the main avenue of the capital
city of a member of Nato and the European Union is hardly a sight
to bring joy to the heart of a British political leader. more...
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| 09.
09. 2009 |
guardian.co.uk |
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| This
rewriting of history is spreading Europe's poison
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| Through
decades of British commemorations and coverage of the second
world war – from Dunkirk to D-day – there has never been any
doubt about who started it. more...
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| 20.
07. 2009 |
kloty.blogspot.com |
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| Gemeinsamer
Tag des Gedenkens an Opfer des Nazismus und Kommunismus?
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| Obwohl
es schwer zu glauben ist, ist es durchaus möglich, dass in einigen Jahren in Europa es keinen eigenen Tag des Gedenkens an
die Opfer des Holocausts geben wird. Stattdessen werden die Europäer den 23. August im Kalender ankreiden als Tag des Gedenkens an die Opfer des
Nazismus und Kommunismus. more...
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| В
Восточной Европе не воспринимают Холокост адекватно |
| Из
выступления Эфраима Зуроффа, руководителя иерусалимского отделения
Центра Симона Визенталя на круглом столе "Латвия,
Литва, Эстония, Украина, Хорватия, Австрия: попытки героизации
нацизма", 30 октября 2007 года: more.. |
| 5.07.2006 |
www.wiesenthal.com |
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| "Post
Holocaust Antisemitism" Presented by Dr. Shimon Samuels, Simon Wiesenthal Center Director for International
Relations at the Riga International Conference on "The Holocaust: Remembrance and Lessons" |
| "There
can be no pecking order of atrocity to offset the unique character
of the Holocaust. Baltic historians who focus on Soviet atrocities
in order to attenuate collaboration with the Nazis in extermination
of the Jews are revisionists. more.. |
| 19.03.2006 |
Fairfax
New Zealand Limited |
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| Shameful
truth must be told |
| Wayne
Stringer has done New Zealand a service. The former policeman
has shown there was good evidence that Nazi war criminals came
to New Zealand after the war. He has scotched the myth that
the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's list of suspected war criminals
was vacuous and the inquiry a waste of time and money. There
was serious evidence that Jonas Pukas - a Lithuanian who settled
in New Zealand after the war - was involved in massacres of
Jews. At least one other man appears to have served in the
Latvian equivalent of the murder squad to which Pukas belonged.
Stringer has set the historical record straight. We now know
what the evidence was - and it is deeply disturbing. more.. |
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THE
MEMORY OF THE SHOAH IN THE
POST-SOVIET LATVIA
Bella Zisere |
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Latvian
Press Review
June 1, 2004 |
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| Latvian
Press Review |
Sources: ††††† in Latvian: Diena (D); Neatkariga
Rita Avize (NRA); Latvijas Avize (LA); Dienas Bizness (DB);;
Rigas Balss (RB)
in Russian: Tchas
(T); Bizness & Baltija (BB); Vesti Segodnja (VS); Telegraf (TEL);
In the beginning of the year,
the head of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's Jerusalem bureau,
Efraim Zuroff reminded about himself once again, by sending
a letter where he confirms that hunting after the Nazi
criminals in the Baltic States will continue also in the
year 2004. The article also provides information about
the results of the operation "Last Chance" in Lithuania. (LA)
The journalist, Voldemars Hermanis, in his commentary about
the communism's crimes and nowadays Russia says in one sentence
after he mentioned a book of A. Cipko about the genocide
during Soviet times; "Efraim
Zuroff, who register "incredible number of mawkish extremists' expressions all along three Baltic States'
websites, has to read the book, as it looks he does not notice
fascists, Bolsheviks groups and organizations' activity in
nowadays Russia. (NRA) |
| 5.12.2003 |
Latvijas
Avize (Lauku Avize) |
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| Latvian
Press Review |
| Sources:
in Latvian: Diena
(D); Neatkariga Rita Avize (NRA); Latvijas Avize (LA);
Dienas Bizness (DB); Latvijas Vestnesis (LV); Vakara Zinas
(VZ); Rigas Balss (RB); Latvijas Radio 1 (LR1); Latvijas
Radio (LR2); LTV1; LTV7; LNT; TV3; TV5
in Russian: Tchas
(T); Bizness & Baltija (BB); Vesti Segodnja (VS); Telegraf (TEL); Kommersant Baltic Daily (KBD),
Vecernaja Riga (VR); Latvijas Radio 4 (LR4)
A reader of the newspaper, Jegermanis from Ikskile, is certain
that an interview with the director of the Simon Wiesentahl
centre in Jerusalem, Ephraim Zuroff, has offended many people.
Another reader, D.Pirro, who has also experienced the wartimes,
deportation, and rescued several Jews from starvation, states
he agrees to the recent article of N. Kaucens. (LA) |
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25
thousands during two days
Do we know enough about events happened in Runbula?
Pauls Raudseps |
| We
live our own life. We go to work, go shopping, if we can afford
we go to Rumbula to look for a car… Maybe we have heard something
what happened behind the car retail 62 years ago, maybe – haven’t.
Something terrible that merges together with all the other
danger events that happened during this world most bloody century.
We do not think anything more about it. more.. |
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It
is a shame to be a Latvian
Norberts Klaucens |
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leader of the Wiesenthal Center, Efraim Zuroff arrived to Latvia
one more time with the aim to continue defamation of our state
and nation in front of the world. No other state that has a
bit of respect towards its people allows the person who does
not represent any government and who does not have any diplomatic
post, to visit the country and to allow him to value how aggressively
our Prosecutor Office is working to punish 94-year-old former
legionary. more.. |
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Латвия
слишком привыкла к роли жертвы
Ирина ЕСИНА |
Среди
всех стран, в которых во время войны зверски были убиты сотни
тысяч евреев, Латвия и Эстония выделяются особым нежеланием
признавать, что среди преступников были латыши и эстонцы.
Об этом в интервью "Телеграфу" заявил
глава Центра Симона Визенталя в Иерусалиме Эфраим Зурофф. more.. |
| 17.03.2003 |
Neatkariga
Rita Avize |
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“Zurofs
nepalidz patiesibai, vins to sadulko”
Zuroff doesn’t help the truth, he stirs
it up
Dainis Lemesonoks
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| It
has already become a yearly tradition in Latvia in the spring
that Efraim Zuroff makes an accusation. The hyperactive leader
of the Jerusalem office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center thoroughly
prepares it in order to time it to coincide with the historic
events of March 16. Maybe we ourselves, Latvian society, are
guilty that we have become afraid of the phantoms of the past
and thought that this man is a regular inspector of the capital. more.. |
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| Comments
from an interview with Grigory Krupnikovs, former Chairman
of the Riga Jewish community |
J: At
the same time, the Simon Wiesenthal Center accuses Latvia of "insufficient and ineffective efforts to investigate Nazi war crimes". Automatically, such comments make Latvians think, that people like Mr. Zuroff
consciously or unconsciously are trying to sow discord between
Jews and non-Jews.
G.K.: Neither
me, as a former head of RJC, nor the JC itself can be answerable
for what Mr. Zuroff is doing. The same way you cannot be responsible
for what Mr. Rubiks is doing. Yes, Mr. Zuroff and I are both Jews,
and you and Rubiks - Latvians. Do you want to be responsible for
either him or Victor Alksnis? Certainly not. I have many times
stated publicly, that I disagree with Mr. Zuroff's position. The
same thing happened in Estonia, where JC head Cila Laut protested
against Mr. Zuroff's activities. In my opinion, he behaves wrong,
degradating the very idea which is his motive for action. I do
not think that there is such thing as collective guilt: it is an
invention of Stalin and Hitler times. There are individual criminals,
not collective guilt. At the same time no one can prohibit Mr.
Zuroff from expressing what he wants to. We can only discuss our
attitudes towards his position. |
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| Nazi
hunters advertise in Latvia |
A
Latvian newspaper has published advertisements offering a $10,000
reward for information leading to the trial and conviction
of Nazi war criminals.
The advertisements are part of a campaign called "Operation
Last Chance" launched by the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, which hunts Nazi
criminals. more.. |
| 15.07.2002 |
Telegraph
(Riga) |
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| "The
Past Cannot Be Sold" |
| A
response by Arkady Suharenko, Chairman, Jewish Community of
Latvia SWC director Efraim Zuroff who visited Riga launched
his project "Operation: Last Chance". more.. |
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| Statement
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in relation to the initiative
of Dr Efraim Zuroff, Head of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in
Jerusalem |
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the end of his visit to the Baltic States, after visiting Lithuania
and Estonia, Dr Efraim Zuroff, Director of the Simon Wiesenthal
Centre in Jerusalem, has launched a project "Operation: Last Chance" in Riga. more.. |
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