[lbo-talk] Estonia parliament may recognize ex-SS soldiers

[Chris Doss]

Mar 11 2006 12:59PM
Estonia parliament may recognize ex-SS soldiers
TALLINN. March 11 (Interfax) - The Constitutional
Commission of the Estonian parliament will start
considering a bill entitled "On the armed struggle of
Estonian citizens against the Soviet Union's military
occupation" on March 16. 

The Estonian parliamentary website reported on
Saturday that the bill drafted by the opposition
parties Pro Patria Union and Res Publica suggests that
"the legitimate armed fight against the USSR's
aggression and illegal occupation" be declared "a
fight for Estonia's liberation, and the Estonian
citizens involved in it fighters for Estonia's
liberation." 

The bill's authors said the document was initiated by
a number of organizations "of fighters for Estonia's
liberation," who have urged the parliament to
formulate its position on the participation of
Estonians in the Second World War, "first of all in
the ranks of the German army." 

The issue of recognizing Estonians who fought for Nazi
Germany during WWII as freedom fighters was first
raised at a 2004 congress of the Union of Fighters for
Estonia's Liberation, whose members are veterans of
the 20th Estonian SS division. 

Nu, zayats, pogodi!

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