Latvia grants Israel $46m in holocaust restitution, but says state wasn’t at fault. In the West it is illegal to research, analysis and publish research that suggests the alleged holocaust either never existed or has been grossly exaggerated as a means of claiming ‘compensation’. Merely questioning the figures can earn an analyst up to five years in prison plus fines. The question being asked, why are those promoting the holocaust trying to hide from public scrutiny; why are politicians and journalists collaborating in attempts to expose swindles?

Although Latvia, a Baltic State was occupied by the Soviets and the Reich during World War II, and were themselves victims of the Bolshevik holocaust, it was conceded that the people of today’s generation three generations removed from World War II could not be responsible for the alleged holocaust.

Therefore, the Latvian Parliament brands payment by the Latvian peoples ‘goodwill compensation’ rather than reparations, with the bill placing the blame for WWII theft of Jewish property on the Reich occupiers and Communists. Perhaps ‘extortion’ might be a more appropriate description of the embezzlement ~ but you can go to prison for extortion and embezzlement.

Latvia’s parliament has voted to pay $46 million, the earnings of hardworking Latvians to the country’s Jewish community for property that was stolen from it during the Holocaust from individuals with no surviving legal heirs.

The Holocaust restitution law passed on September 30 by the Saeima, Latvia’s parliament, in Riga states that the country is not to blame for the Holocaust or the theft, which the law states was conducted by the National Socialists and later by the communists who replaced them as rulers of Latvia.

Rather than reparations, the law refers to the payment as a form of ‘goodwill compensation,’ according to the LETA news agency. The compensation voted on last week will be paid in annual increments of $4.6 million from the state budget to Latvia’s Jewish community until 2032. The population of Latvia is currently about 1.5 million so work it out what this will cost every man, woman and child in Latvia ~ every year.

Jewish groups have been lobbying for the compensation of communal-owned assets in Latvia since 1992. Claims for restitution of private-owned property have been largely denied in Latvia, according to the World Jewish Restitution Organization, an organization dedicated to the restitution of Jewish property in Europe.

As in other Eastern European countries, Latvia’s government has protested claims that its predecessors and the then population were partially responsible for the Holocaust. Many Latvians view their country, despite strong support for the Reich during the war years, as a victim of German occupation.