{"id":76,"date":"2022-02-10T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latvians.com\/blog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2024-12-07T20:49:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T01:49:55","slug":"latvian-parliament-approves-jewish-reparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latvians.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/10\/latvian-parliament-approves-jewish-reparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvian parliament approves Jewish reparations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Latvian parliament today passed the resolution &#8220;<strong>Regarding good-will reparations to the Latvian Jewish community<\/strong>.&#8221; This commits the Latvian government to establish a fund of \u20ac40,000,000 to distribute over ten years, \u20ac4,000,000 a year from 2023 through 2032, to Jewish community organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported in the <a href=\"https:\/\/jauns.lv\/raksts\/zinas\/486676-saeima-pienem-likumu-par-labas-gribas-atlidzinajumu-ebreju-kopienai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">news<\/a>, funding would go toward, among other things, restoration and preservation of Latvian Jewry&#8217;s historical cultural heritage, support for Jewish community organizations, property and memorial monument maintenance, financing projects associated with religion, culture, education, healthcare, and history, as well as promoting wider societal goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"lv\" dir=\"ltr\">Vai m\u0113s at\u0161\u0137iram tad Latvijas ebreju p\u0113ctec\u0113jus no padomju laiku p\u0101rkrievo\u0161anas ien\u0101c\u0113jus? Vai m\u0113s pras\u012bsim V\u0101cijai atbalst\u012bt atl\u012bdzin\u0101\u0161anu? T\u0101 tom\u0113\u0157 nebija Latvijas valsts&#8211;kura ie\u0146\u0113ma pirmskara b\u0113g\u013cus un aizliedza antisem\u012btu rakstus&#8211;kura nodar\u012bja noziegumus.<\/p>&mdash; Peters J Vecrumba \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb I Stand with \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\udf3b (@PetersJVecrumba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PetersJVecrumba\/status\/1491819724266950656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Juris P\u016bce<\/strong>&nbsp;[Parliament member, chairperson of the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Development\/For!\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Development\/For!<\/a>&nbsp;political alliance]: I am heartened that the Saeima [parliament] supported the law \u201cRegarding good-will reparations to the Latvian Jewish community\u201d. The horrific crime of the Holocaust annihilated part of Latvia&#8217;s\u2009\u2014\u2009the majority of Jewish communities. It is impossible to erase the consequences of that crime, but Latvia can demonstrate good will and compensate the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ourselves<\/strong>: Are we differentiating the descendants of then Latvia&#8217;s Jews from the influx of Soviet Russification? Will we ask Germany to support reparations? After all, it was not the country of Latvia\u2009\u2014\u2009which took in pre-WWII refugees and banned anti-Semitic publications\u2009\u2014\u2009which committed the crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perceptions of the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Latvia are steeped in propaganda. Did the Germans find willing collaborators among the occupied?&nbsp;<strong>Yes<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arajs%20Kommando\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ar\u0101js Kommando<\/a>&nbsp;being the most notorious. Do collaborators confirm Latvia was anti-Semitic?&nbsp;<strong>No<\/strong>. Pre-WWII Latvia banned anti-Semitic publications, still took in Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany after other nations had closed their borders, and among anti-Semites, Latvia was denounced as a &#8220;Jewish country&#8221; for the positive relations between Latvians and Jews. Even after Ulmanis&#8217;s (bloodless) coup, his regime continued to value Latvia&#8217;s ethnic diversity; his policy committee included representatives of all Latvia&#8217;s minorities,&nbsp;<em>including Jews<\/em>, regardless of any &#8220;Latvia for Latvians&#8221; slogans at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvian sociologist Didzis B\u0113rzi\u0146\u0161 questions the attitude of Latvians toward Jews: do ethnic Latvians today consider the Latvian Jewish community &#8220;our&#8221; (inclusive Latvian citizenry) or &#8220;alien&#8221; (ethno-nationalist Latvian community, non-Latvians need not apply). Did the Holocaust afflict Jews (&#8220;their&#8221; tragedy) or did it afflict Latvia (&#8220;our&#8221; tragedy)? History teaches the answer is &#8220;our.&#8221; Latvia was the first country to legally recognize equal rights for all national and ethnic groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Kremlin-funded &#8220;anti-Nazi&#8221; activists now falsely translate &#8220;\u017e\u012bds&#8221; (Jew) as &#8220;kike&#8221; for non-Latvian speakers protesting at annual&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latvian%20Legion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Latvian Legion<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remembrance%20Day%20of%20the%20Latvian%20Legionnaires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commemorations<\/a>. Pre-Soviet era, &#8220;\u017e\u012bds&#8221; appeared in schoolchildren&#8217;s ABC&#8217;s for the letter \u201e\u017d\u201d. There is no slur, only a word used for centuries. While &#8220;ebreji&#8221; (Hebews) was also used for &#8220;Jews&#8221; prior to WWII, it was the USSR which leveraged it to effectively erase western\/central European (Yiddish-speaking) Jewish identity and replace it with imported culturally Russian\/Russophone Jewry.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than ask what do Latvians think of Jews, perhaps ask which Jews Latvians think they will be compensating. Do we know how many of today&#8217;s Latvian Jewish community are true remnants of pre-WWII Latvia versus how many represent Soviet imports poised to appropriate a heritage and tragedy\u2009\u2014\u2009and reparations\u2009\u2014\u2009 which are not theirs? Are there any concerns Latvia might ultimately fund uninvited usurpers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope these questions, however inconvenient, have been asked. The commitment is for a rigorous and transparent process for applications, claims, and awards\u2009\u2014\u2009an absolute necessity to ensure spending the equivalent of \u20ac11,000 a day for 10 years on preserving Latvia&#8217;s Jewish heritage tells the factual story of Latvian-Jewish relations and Jewish life in Latvia\u2009\u2014\u2009not serve external agendas or simply line individuals&#8217; pockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Latvian parliament today passed the resolution &#8220;Regarding good-will reparations to the Latvian Jewish community.&#8221; This commits the Latvian government to establish a fund of \u20ac40,000,000 to distribute over ten years, \u20ac4,000,000 a year from 2023 through 2032, to Jewish community organizations. 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