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Pro-Nazi celebration causes havoc in Latvia

Published: 16 March, 2009, 20:38


AFP Photo / Ilmars Znotins

A controversial march to commemorate the two Latvian Waffen-SS Legions that fought with the Nazis during the World War II was held despite a ban by authorities resulting in a clash with Latvian antifascists.

 
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