Estonia’s decision to honor soldiers who fought alongside Nazi Germany will “rehabilitate Nazi criminals,” Russian Jewish leaders said. The decision to build the monument is “an attempt to rewrite history,” Berel Lazar, one of Russia’s two chief rabbis, told reporters.
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