The Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized marches of Nazi SS veterans in Latvia. The center aimed its outrage at Wednesday’s marches in the cities of Riga and Liepaja, calling it “bitterly ironic that Latvian SS veterans and their young supporters will be marching in the streets” while Latvia’s education minister is at Yad Vashem for the dedication of Israel’s new Holocaust museum.
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