Several hundred people braved the cold to support or protest the Latvian Legionnaires Photo by: Monika Hanley
Veterans and supporters laid flowers at the FreedomMonument and sang the national anthem.
A large amount of police were present to ensure security and public order.
About 13 people protesting the event were detained by police. Shouts of "Hitler Kaput" were heard as an illegal symbol, the former Soviet Union flag, was unrolled. One person was detained for attempting to fight, however police did not investigate political affiliation.
Tatjana Zdanoka told press that the police have detained RigaCity lawmaker Viktors Dergunovs and anti-fascist leaders Eduards Goncarovs and Josefs Korans.
A total of 140,000 people were called up to form the Latvian Legion and about 50,000 of them died in the war or deportations following the restoration of Soviet rule in Latvia.
In 1950 Washingtonpublished a declaration about Baltic SS legions having being special units to be distinguished from other German SS troops and not regarded as movements harmful to the United Statesgovernment.
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