March 31, 2008
Documentary ties Soviet Union to Holocaust
A documentary film by a Latvian director that claims “the Soviet Union helped Nazi Germany instigate the Holocaust” will see its premiere April 9 at the European Parliament in Belgium.
The documentary, The Soviet Story, is directed by Edvīns Šnore, who spent 10 years gathering information and two years filming in several countries, according to the film’s Web site, sovietstory.com.
The English-language documentary runs 85 minutes. It is produced by Rīga-based SIA Labvakar.
Among those interviewed in the film are Western and Russian historians, as well as survivors of the Soviet Gulag.
The chief sponsor of the production is the conservative alliance Union for Europe of the Nations, whose members include four members of the European Parliament from Latvia, all members of For Fatherland and Freedom (Tēvzemei un Brīvībai / LNNK). Also supporting the film are the Rīga City Council and the magazine Tēvijas Sargs.
The premiere is scheduled at 18:00 hours April 9 in Room 5B001 in the PHS Building of the European Parliament in Brussels.
Andris Straumanis is editor of Latvians Online.
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