Latvia’s government warned people to avoid an annual march of World War Two Waffen SS veterans through its capital Riga on Sunday, citing tensions over Ukraine. Many of Latvia’s large Russian-speaking ...

RIGA (Reuters) - Latvians who fought in the local unit of Nazi Germany's Waffen SS held their annual parade on Sunday, an event which the government feared could raise tensions with Russia as former ...

RIGA (Reuters) - Latvia's government warned people to avoid an annual march of World War Two Waffen SS veterans through its capital Riga on Sunday, citing tensions over Ukraine. Many of Latvia's large ...

Explore the extraordinary career of Paul Hausser, the former Imperial Army General who, at age 54, joined the SS to professionalize its armed wing. As the highest-ranking Waffen SS field commander, he ...