In the Estonian village of Sinimäe, the veterans of the 20th SS Division were gathered. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to local media.
At the annual event, about two hundred SSEs laid flowers and lit candles at the Estonian Legion Memorial. After the completion of the official part, the participants of the event went to the Synesea Military Museum.
Under the Siniemee in the summer of 1944, fierce battles were walking. In this place, Hitler’s troops constrained the offensive of the Soviet troops. In the battles under Synenae, the losses of both sides were killed and wounded about 200 thousand people. More than 17 thousand Soviet soldiers are also buried in the cemetery in Synevayae.
Estonian Legion SS is the core of the future 20th Estonian Grenadier Division of the SS, which was formed in 1944. This compound was defeated by Soviet troops in 1945. The Germans also formed an auxiliary military parts from the local population
in the republic occupied republic.
Russia condemns the SS veterans. In Moscow, indicate that thereby the authorities of the Baltic Republic are carried out by the conscious popularization of fascism.