The Baltic region was full of jews they welcomed their brethren soviet jews as liberators and joined them in the fight against the native Europeans. Read the book Onward Christian Soldiers it was written by Donald Day an american reporter living in the region during that time. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Onward-Christian-Soldiers-Journalists-Dissident/dp/0939482622 - Read the reviews. http://www.vanguardnewsnetwork.com/2007/02/1509/ https://archive.org/details/OnwardChristianSoldiers_201412