Latvian Jewish leaders are threatening to boycott a national holiday dedicated to soldiers who died in World War II because it will be focused on commemorating soldiers who fought for the Nazi cause. Grigory Krupnikov, the leader of the Latvian Jewish community, said that as part of the boycott of the first annual Latvian Soldiers Remembrance Day, scheduled for March 16, Jewish officials will refuse to obey a law under which they must hang the nation’s flag outside Jewish community facilities.
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