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Forest Brothers: NATO Propaganda Video Openly Glorifies Baltic Nazi Collaborators
13
July, 2017
On
the official page of NATO on Twitter the movie trailer in English
for “Forest
brothers. Fight for the Baltics” was
published, telling how “forest
brothers” (today
in Latvia they are called“national
partisans”)
fought for the independence of the Baltic countries against the USSR.
This is the story of the Forest Brothers who fought the Soviet army for their homelands after WWII
”After World War II partisans across the Baltic States disappeared in the forests in order to wage the most bloody guerrilla war in Europe against the occupying Soviet troops,” it is said in the trailer.
The
eight-minute movie was published on YouTube, also on the official
channel of the North Atlantic Alliance. Thus, it seems that nobody is
worried about the fact that in Latvia many former SS legionaries and
other henchmen of German fascist invaders fought in the ranks of
the “forest
brothers” .
Reference
Forest
brothers (Latvian. mežabrāļi), the informal name of the armed
national liberation forces that were operating in the 1940’s-1950’s
on the territory of the Baltic Republics of the USSR — Lithuania,
Latvia and Estonia — and opposing the Soviet power, for the
restoration of the State independence of these Republics, lost in
1940 as a result of accession of the Baltic States to the USSR.
This movement obtained the greatest scope in Lithuania in 1944-1947.
This movement obtained the greatest scope in Lithuania in 1944-1947.
“Forest brothers” combined methods of guerrilla war with terror against those whom they considered as “traitors” and “collaborators” (especially clearly it is seen when one considers the period of 1944-1947). Thus, during 1944-1958 from hands of “forest brothers” in Lithuania more than 25,000 people died, from them about 23,000 were Lithuanians who were killed [and who started to collaborate with the Soviet power – ed]. For comparison: the general losses of the NKVD for all the post-war period was about 8,000 people (from them 4,000 in Western Ukraine).
In
Latvia “forest
brothers” substantially
consisted of the former soldiers of the Latvian SS legion. The total
number of partisans totalled up to 20,000, and 80,000 activists
helped them with provisions and shelter. Latvian “forest
brothers” destroyed
from 1,500 (according to Soviet sources) to 3,000 (according to
Latvian sources) supporters and officials of the Soviet power.
In
January, 1946, across all the Baltic States 419 nationalist
anti-Soviet groups with a total number of about 31,300 people were
active. Their greatest number was in Lithuania — 300 groups, with a
total number of about 30,000 people. In Latvia — 64 groups, with a
total number about 20,000 people, in Estonia — 55 groups, numbering
about 15,000 people.
NATO officially praised anti-Soviet partisans
But,
most likely, propagandists in NATO already definitively defined that
Russia all along the path of its historical development is an
absolute evil, and that “Stalin
is worse than Hitler”,
and that’s why in the video material they weren’t ashamed at all.
So
we shouldn’t be ashamed either to remind that all these “liberation
armies of the Baltics”actively
fought precisely against the USSR, starting from 1944, when the
Baltic countries were liberated from fascist occupation. In “open
and independent” sources
it is said that they fought exclusively against Soviet Russia and for
their independence, but for some reason it isn’t specified
that “for
the most convinced anti-Soviet persons the road to the SS was
opened. Many of them later formed the skeleton of the Baltic “forest
brothers”.
However,
the ideology of russophobia seems to rise one step higher (or lower,
it depends how you look at it), and soon it will be fashionable and
prestigious to speak about war against the Red Army and to support
the Third Reich, as about a glorious feat in the name of“European
integration”.
However,
this video has a practical sense. The fact is that in Baltic States
the traditions of“forest
brothers” aren’t
forgotten. In Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, each of these countries
has its own “people’s
militia”.
In Lithuania, by the way, it is the most modest in number. But all
these paramilitary formations possess surprising similarity.
Firstly,
they act in closest communication with the local Ministries of
Defence, secondly, in the same close bond with NATO. There joint
drills are periodically staged. Thus, at this time the main objective
of the Latvian “Zemessardze“, Estonian
“Kaitseliit“,
and the Lithuanian “Riflemen’s
Union”
are identical – to hold on for 48 hours and to slow down the
advance of the “aggressor” until
the arrival of the main forces of NATO. In general, the same
guerrilla warfare, and again against Russia.
All
these militiamen already earlier expressed their attitude towards
Russia almost directly and not being especially ashamed, but in the
last three years they managed to stage a number of joint drills
already with “Ukrainian
guests”.
For example, from “Azov” and
similar“volunteer
battalions”,
which are also covered in swastikas up to their eyeballs.
It’s
true that Lithuania against the background of its
Baltic “colleagues” looks
to be obviously lagging behind both in numbers and activity of the
militia. So that’s why, probably, the “senior
partners” reminded
the citizens of Lithuania that they should act more actively.
Especially as historical traditions oblige them, and in
general, “it’s
not for white people to risk their noble and most valuable lives in
the marshes in the fight against ‘Russian barbarians’.”
On
the telegram channel “Washington-Petushchki” on
this occasion it is maliciously noted:“considering
that by the estimates of NATO, in the event of Russian aggression in
the Baltics, these countries will be occupied within 48 hours, the
Alliance decided not to be worn out with ‘policy of restraint’ and
to remind the Balts how it is necessary to independently resist the
‘aggressor’ in the conditions of ‘occupation’. For this
purpose they decided to make a small video on the base of an already
ready narrative: about the guerrilla fight of ‘Forest
brothers’ against Soviet troops after the end of World War II.
The German regimentals of the former somehow is a int”.
In
general, the flirting with nazi symbols takes place in the US and
also in NATO in recent years, and it’s not like someone actively
hides it. And if, joking apart, the same US Congress at first imposed
a ban on the financing of “nazi
organizations”,
and then itself hastily cancelled it in order to quietly finance the
notorious “Azov”.
So liberalism and democracy, when there is a need for it to be
liberalism and democracy, and where ever it is needed, there is
another concept there: “the
grandfather died, but his cause is live”.
As
for the Balts, here in general everything is quite sad, even
irrespective of “glorious
fascist traditions”.
The most sad thing is that, actually, they are directly told that
here they are needed as “cannon
fodder” and
they must unquestioningly go and create the first buffer zone with
the “aggressor”.
In
general, they clearly made it known how exactly the “white
Western world” relates
to the“proud
sons of Baltic States”.
However, Balts themselves long ago grovel for such sentiment.
From Russian Vesti News
From Russian Vesti News
“Fascist
remnants!” To what exactly did the Russian MFA respond to so
sternly? The subject here is another movie made by “NATO Pictures,”
which Maria Zakharova labeled as appalling.
The
film was on the formation of the “Forest Brothers.” The trailer
published by NATO shows fighters as heroes of the battle for
independence from the USSR.
Dmitry
Rogozin, Russia's former ambassador to NATO, issued a statement, and
I quote, “The dogs of war have decided to show their true faces.”
Full
story by Elizaveta Kramtsova.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
To get some historical context I recommend this brilliant British documentary "the Road to Treblinka" from the 1998 series "the Nazis, A Warning from the Past" - absolutely excellent and predating the present penchant for rewriting history.
See
what charming people these folk from Lithuania and Latvia really
were.
They
even exceeded the German SS in their treatment of their Jewish
population, something they've never tried to put right.
There
are processions of the Waffen SS every year.
The Nazis, A Warning From History 5 'The Road... by KnewTube
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