The remains of the man who commanded Estonia’s Nazi-sponsored SS division during World War II was reburied in the country’s national cemetery alongside the graves of some of the Baltic nation’s leading historical figures. Estonia’s top state and military officials attended Saturday’s ceremony honoring Alfons Rebane.
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