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| '''Neo-Nazism in Estonia''' refers to sympathy for Nazi aims and ideology, its symbolism and pro-Nazi historical revisionism in ]. | |||
| Neo-nazism has also found support amongst a minority of Estonia's ] population, who have engaged in violent attacks against foreigners and are known to have ties to neo-Nazis in the ]. | |||
| == Incidents == | |||
| On April 22, 2001 several dozen skinheads in Tartu, Estonia held a torch-bearing demonstration to mark Hitler's birthday, according to broadcast on Estonian Television.{{Fact|date=June 2009}} | |||
| On February 6, 2006 Estonian skinheads, displaying Swastikas and Iron Crosses on their clothing, confronted an American Embassy employee of Asian descent in front of McDonalds at approximately 1830 hours. A verbal exchange ensued but the American escaped from the situation physically unharmed.{{Fact|date=June 2009}} Skinheads subsequently bashed Estonia's Third Pride Parade in Tallinn.<ref> GayRussia.ru. 13 August 2006. Retrieved 6 June 2009.</ref> Skinheads had previously beaten demonstrators during a pride parade in 2006.<ref name = "Pride Parade 2006">Wockner, Rex. ''San Francisco Bay Times''. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 6 June 2009.</ref> At least 15 marchers had to be hospitalized.<ref name="Pride Parade 2006"/> | |||
| Roman Ilin, a Jewish theatre director in ], was attacked by neo-Nazis when returning from an underground tunnel following a 2006 rehearsal. Ilin subsequently accused Estonian police force of indifference after filing the incident.<ref> UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 6 June 2009.</ref> When a dark-skinned ] student was attacked in ], the center of Estonia's student life, police reacted to the incident lightly, claiming that foreign students in Estonia had frequently caught themselves up in trouble over the previous two years, although the head of an association of foreign students described the attack as an incident characteristic of a larger wave of neo-Nazi violence.<ref> Human Rights First. 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2009.</ref> | |||
| At a commemoration of Estonian ] veterans in 2007, Defence Minister ] and Parliament member Trivimi Velliste were accompanied by crowds of youth dressed in Nazi symbols.<ref name = "Estonia feting Nazi past draws ire">Serebryany, Igor. "Estonia feting Nazi past draws ire". 6 August 2007. ''JTA: The Global News Service of the Jewish People''. http://jta.org/news/article-print/2007/08/06/103437/EstoniaSS Retrieved 5 June 2009.</ref> ] of the United States-based ] said that the events, also attracting "dozens of foreign neo-Nazis clearly the danger that they will encourage the rebirth of fascism and racist extremism."<ref> European Jewish Press. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2009.</ref> Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Chairman ] has remarked that Estonia's efforts to gloss over its Nazi past would be high on the assembly’s agenda during its convention in ].<ref name="Estonia feting Nazi past draws ire"/> | |||
| Estonia's former Ministry of Justice official Raigo Solgo was identified as the leader of Estonian neo-Nazis by American expatriate neo-Nazi Craig Cobb, who has been operating in Estonia since the 2000s.<ref name = "SPLC Intel Report 2007"> ''Intelligence Report'' Summer 2007. ]{{ndash}}SPLC.org. Retrieved 6 June 2009.</ref> | |||
| Parliamentary bodies of the member-states of the “Eurasia” geopolitical group{{ndash}}formed by the majority of the former Soviet republics now acting together as the ]{{ndash}}have passed a 2007 resolution expressing these nations' collective "deep concern over the neo-Nazi sentiments in Estonia."<ref> National Assembly of the Council of the Republic of Belarus. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2009.</ref> | |||
| The American government's Overseas Security Advisory Council has formulated a specific set of tips for American travelers visiting Estonia who are concerned about the country's neo-Nazi activity. The United States report advises that it is best to avoid neo-Nazis upon encountering them.<ref name = "OSAC"> OSAC. 14 February 2006. Retrieved 6 June 2009.</ref> The OSAC recommends that Americans confronted by Estonian neo-Nazis: | |||
| <blockquote>1) Do not engage in conversation/confrontation.</blockquote> | |||
| <blockquote>2) Attempt to enter a business or other public venue where others are present.</blockquote> | |||
| <blockquote>3) Call the local police.</blockquote> | |||
| <blockquote>4) Once you are out of danger and the police have been consulted, call the American Embassy at 668-8169.<ref name="OSAC"/></blockquote> | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * ''Russia Today''. 22 April 2009. | |||
| ==References== | |||
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