Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar has cautioned the Estonian authorities against launching excavation at the common soldier grave in Tallinn. 

“We know that extremist forces are raising their heads in some European countries, nursing plans to rehabilitate the Nazi ideology. We know that totalitarian regimes, among them the Ahmadinejad regime in Iran, have made the negation of Nazi crimes a central tenet of their propaganda.”

“In this context the dismantling of monuments to soldiers who defeated Nazism will definitely encourage these destructive forces. This aspect should be taken into account, as well,” he said.

(Source: Interfax)