RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Nearly 1,500 Latvians paid tribute on Friday to soldiers who fought in Nazi Germany's Waffen SS divisions, while nearby Russians held a counterprotest to recall war crimes ...

RIGA (Reuters) - Several hundred veterans, relatives and supporters of a Nazi SS division formed from Latvians during World War Two held their controversial annual commemoration on Monday in defiance ...

Most Latvian Jews were killed in 1941-42, two years before the formation of Latvia's Waffen SS - which some Latvians claim shows the unit could not have played a role in the Holocaust. But an unknown ...

Later Friday, Latvian nationalists and anti-fascist groups were planning separate demonstrations. Some Latvians regard the Latvian Waffen SS, also known as the Latvian Legion, as heroes who fought not ...

This part follows Latvian SS legionnaires recovering from wounds only to be thrown into savage training inside a castle where harsh discipline, dangerous live-fire drills, and the fleeting joy of a ...