Latvian president to make Soviet uniform ban even stricter
Head of the Latvian state would like to eliminate all legal loopholes that still make it possible to “glorify Soviet totalitarianism”
Remembering WWII: Highlights of the April 2020
An official newsletter from Remembrance, Research and Justice: Heritage of WWII in the 21st century. Issue 1
Belarus pays tribute to the burned village of Ola
The total death toll was 1758, including 950 children
Lithuanian Defense Ministry mouthpiece glorifies Nazi proxy
The February issue of Karys (“the warrior”), Lithuanian Defense Ministry’s in-house journal, features a portrait of a Nazi…
Local resident fined RUB100,000 for Holocaust denial in Ivanovo, Russia
A regular court of appeal in Ivanovo Region confirmed the legality of the fine imposed on a local…
The Czech political right vs. Soviet war Marshal. The story behind the demolition of Konev statue
On April 3, 2020, Prague 6 district authorities dismantled the monument to Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev who liberated…
Russia criminalizes destruction of war monuments and memorials
On April 7, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law No.112-FZ. “On the Amendments to the Russian…
Participant in the Holocaust to remain Lithuania’s national hero
On April 1, 2020, the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania dismissed the lawsuit filed by Grant Gochin, a…
Legal Action against Nazi War Criminals in the Judicial Practice of Today’s Baltic States
In the early 90s the Baltic nations, after over 50 years of being a part of the Soviet…
Prague marks the 75th VE-Day anniversary with a new monument to Nazi collaborator Vlasov
The memorial plate quotes Solzhenitsyn, "Did all Czechs realize later which Russians had saved their city?”
Monument to Latvian victims of Stalinist terror desecrated in Komi, northern Russia
On April 13, 2020, the Latvian embassy in Moscow sent an official note to the Russian Foreign Ministry…
Ukrainian SS veteran awarded with a ‘ritterkreuz’
During the ceremony, the man gave a Nazi salute accepting the so-called “knight's cross of the division” handed over to him