[lbo-talk] Estonia to open Waffen SS soldiers memorials

[Chris Doss]

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Estonia to open Waffen SS soldiers memorials
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On July 29, in Estonian town of Sinimäe, Ida-Virumaa
county, two new memorials to soldiers of the 20th
Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, also known as
Estonian Legion, are to be opened, Postimees reports
referring to the Division veterans’ union. There are
already several memorials in Sinimäe of German and
Soviet soldiers who were killed there in 1944.

The veterans’ union administration head Kaljo Vest
said that guests are going to honor the memory of and
open memorials to the fallen Dutch and Walloons who
fought with the Division at World War II. The
organizers are expecting 200-300 guests from Estonia
and abroad to come to Sinimäe this weekend. Pastor of
the Mikhkli parish Peeter Kaldur will bless the
memorials, and the district elder Vaivara Veikko
Luhalaid will greet the guests. “We have sent
invitations to all the parliament and government
members but, unfortunately, have not got a reply,”
Vest said. Following the formal ceremony, the meeting
attendants will see sights of the past fighting.

Vest commented that his organization plans to unite
all Sinimäe memorials in one assemblage.

In Sinimäe where in 1944 combat between the Nazi and
Soviet troops lasted for seven months and where,
according to varying estimates, about 200, 000 German
and Soviet troops were killed, there are also a
memorial of the Soviet soldiers, a memorial of
Estonians soldiers who fought with the 20th Waffen SS
division, and memorabilia of Waffen SS legionaries of
Danish and other nationalities.

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