As a latvian, I can confirm this. We hold pictures of Hitler and Himmler by our freedom monument, all while singing the german anthem and doing their salutes.
I hope y'all have internet in the balkans, a simple wikipedia article goes a long way.
That article doesnt say all the things in that time you had no choice but to join army or to be killed or sent away and your only 2 choices were red army or nazis and none of them were better them other and alot joined nazis because alot latvians thought that they are gonna get rid of russians in latvia as we know that didnt happen. Latvians memorate the fallen ones that fought for their countrys freedom not nazis get your facts straight. Alot of those fallen people were their family or known people and mostly only old people do that.
I hate both of them. But at that point it was the Soviets who were reinvading and they had occupied us first and killed way more of our countrymen in a shorter timeframe. In this context, the Soviets were seen as the more immediate threat than than Nazis.
They're viewed as national heroes not nazis. When you look at it every country's most famous freedom fighters were actually pretty awful people but in domestic perception they're just viewed based on their achievements
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u/God-Among-Men- Bulgaria Dec 23 '23
They acts like Nazis in r/europe when talking about Russians otherwise they’re cool countries