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Turkestan Legion's fighters under the Nazi Wehrmacht flag. |
In a statement issued by the International Relations Section of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the Party strongly denounces the attempt by Kyrgyzstan's Parliament to restore a Nazi collaborationist legion.
The so-called "Turkestan SS Legion" was the name for military units which fought in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
The statement of the KKE is the following:
"The KKE condemns the attempt to restore a legion of the SS which fought against ELAS with the bill that was tabled in the Kyrgyzstan Parliament.