Thousands of Latvians marched in the capital city of Riga on Sunday in honor of the Latvian Legion, an SS unit that fought with the German army in World War II. Marchers waved Latvian flags and sang nationalist songs.
Local police protected the marchers from angry counter-protestors, who yelled “Hitler is Dead” and tried to drown out the marchers’ singing with noisemakers. No physical confrontations were reported.