On 6 June 1997, Neo Nazi group Pērkonkrusts unsuccessfully bombed the monument at Victory Park to the liberators of Latvia from fascism.Today the Latvian government accomplished what the Neo Nazis attempted. Fascism is rising once again across Europe. pic.twitter.com/6YGzzjZFCR— Azhar (@lonelyredcurl) August 26, 2022
The term to look up is "double genocide theory". In short, the Baltic states and Western Ukraine were enthusiastic participants in the Holocaust, usually not even sending their Jews away - just shooting them into mass graves locally. After the war they had to justify this somehow, so whenever anyone talks about the Holocaust they make sure that the Soviets get mentioned too.
Which itself comes from the anti-Semitic link between communism and Jews. "We had to kill the Jewish Communists, or else they would genocide us instead!"
Edit: oh someone posted a good link about this further down in thread.
The term to look up is "double genocide theory". In short, the Baltic states and Western Ukraine were enthusiastic participants in the Holocaust, usually not even sending their Jews away - just shooting them into mass graves locally. After the war they had to justify this somehow, so whenever anyone talks about the Holocaust they make sure that the Soviets get mentioned too.
Which itself comes from the anti-Semitic link between communism and Jews. "We had to kill the Jewish Communists, or else they would genocide us instead!"
Edit: oh someone posted a good link about this further down in thread.
the good link you're talking about, is it this one?
https://jewishcurrents.org/the-double-genocide-theory