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The fascist group Ugunskrusts (Fire Cross), one of the Latvian ethnic symbols as well as a sign which is a mirrored image of a swastika, was founded in Latvia in 1932 by Gustavs Celmiņš, but was soon outlawed by the government of Latvia.
In Latvia, too, the swastika (known as Fire Cross, Latvian: ugunskrusts, or Thunder Cross, Latvian: pērkonkrusts) was used as the marking of the Latvian Air Force between 1918 and 1934, as well as in insignias of some military units. It was also used as a symbol by the Latvian fascist movement Pērkonkrusts, as well as by other ...
23 de nov. de 2015 · Already at the very beginning of the 1920s, Latvian Bolshevik leader Pēteris Stučka – who had in 1919 tried to impose his own regime of terror on the country, and now lived in Soviet exile – began to see omens of a rising threat from the antidemocratic, xenophobic, and anti-Semitic far right in Latvia.
The Holocaust in Latvia refers to the crimes against humanity committed by Nazi Germany and collaborators victimizing Jews during the occupation of Latvia. From 1941 to 1944, around 70,000 Jews were murdered, approximately three-quarters of the pre-war total of 93,000.
12 de abr. de 2020 · On 10 October, Latvian State Security Service (VDD) asked the Prosecutor’s Office to initiate criminal prosecution against six Latvian citizens for leading the criminal organization "Baltic anti-fascists" and participating in the crimes committed by this organization.
7 de jun. de 2023 · In the content published by the so-called "Baltic anti-fascists" VDD has identified calls to illegally participate in the hostilities in Ukraine, as well as to collect and transfer financial funds to Russian soldiers in Ukraine.
27 de sept. de 2022 · Promoting a pro-Soviet and pro-Russian interpretation of history and using specific language (such as “fascist”) against ethnic Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians are two ways Russia has tried to craft their counternarrative.
