![Latvia WWII Legionnaires Remembrance Day](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol5%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0839%2F18%2F000008391895_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_U3RyaW5nZXIgIzgzOTE4OTU%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-8391895-preview_ac376feffd504b9e317007666d7db3bb.jpg)
![Latvia WWII Legionnaires Remembrance Day](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol5%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0839%2F18%2F000008391895_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_U3RyaW5nZXIgIzgzOTE4OTU%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-8391895-preview_ac376feffd504b9e317007666d7db3bb.jpg)
A police officer escorts the annual procession to commemorate the Latvian Waffen-SS unit, also known as the Legionnaires, during the Remembrance Day of the Latvian legionnaires in Riga, Latvia. Soldiers of the Latvian Legion were part of the notorious German Nazi Waffen-SS during World War Two.
- Categories: Human Interest
- Location: Riga, Latvia
- Event date: 16.03.2023
- Date published: 16.03.2023
- Author: Stringer
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4200x2763px, 8.1Mb
- Job-ID: e482636ae3c48a0e