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Monument of Lihula
Monument of Lihula is the colloquial name of a monument commemorating the Estonians who fought for Estonia against the Soviet Union in World War II, located in Lagedi near Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
The monument has moved twice before ending up in the current location. It was originally unveiled in Pärnu on 2002, but taken down only nine days after prime minister Siim Kallas had condemned the statue.〔(Eesti riik soovib Lihula ausammast endale )〕〔(Estonia removes SS monument )〕 The statue was then located in Lihula in 2004, finally being unveiled in Lagedi on October 15, 2005.
The monument depicts a soldier in a military uniform, with World War II German helmet, Estonian flag on the wrist and the Cross of Liberty on the collar. There are no Nazi symbols on the monument.〔 It consists of a bronze bas-relief and a dedication tablet mounted on a vertical granite slab. The tablet reads: ''To Estonian men who fought in 1940-1945 against Bolshevism and for the restoration of Estonian independence''.
== Controversy ==
As the dedication included those who served in the Finnish Army, the Wehrmacht and particularly the Waffen SS, a number of organisations condemned it; most notably the Simon Wiesenthal Center issued an official protest claiming that the monument glorifies "those who were willing to sacrifice their lives to help achieve the victory of Nazi Germany".〔Simon Wiesenthal Center August 25, 2004: (Wiesenthal center protests erection of monument commemorating Estonian SS-division which fought with Nazis in World War II )〕 Most supporters of the monument, however, have clearly distanced themselves from the Nazi ideology. Ilmar Haaviste, head of the Association of Estonian Veterans, who fought on the German side, says he does not regret taking the German uniform, because there was a "naïve" hope that somehow an independent Estonia could be salvaged. He thinks wearing a German uniform does not make you a fascist and that both regimes, Nazi and Soviet were equally evil - there was no difference between the two except that Stalin was more cunning. Tiit Madisson, the governor of the Lihula parish, said at the opening ceremony that Estonians' serving in German army chose the lesser evil.〔(Estonia unveils Nazi war monument )〕 The monument caused concern among some Jewish officials and organisations, including the Chief Rabbi of Estonia and Russia’s Jewish Communities Federation.〔(FJC | News | Estonia Immortalizes Nazi Criminals )〕〔(Russia’s Jewish Communities Federation: Setting up monuments to SS soldiers in Estonia is attempt to turn criminals and butchers into heroes of liberation war - Russian News - REGNUM )〕〔(News Releases - SWC New Design Test )〕
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