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mourning, all the more so since here lie their loved ones, relatives, and members of their faith. * * * This is an atrocious act of violence, an atrocious massacre. And it is our duty, the duty of those of us who have survived, to pass on the commemoration of these innocent victims to future generations, to remember with compassion, sorrow and reverence. Our duty is to teach our children and children's children about it, our duty is to seek out the survivors and record their recollections, but, above all, our duty is to see that this will never happen again.
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often referred to the Holocaust in his work, including in particular his well-regarded poem "Rumbula", written in the early 1960s. One notable survivor of the Latvian Holocaust was Michael Genchik, who escaped from Latvia and joined the Red Army, where he served for 30 years. His family was murdered
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The Holocaust, in its many forms, has painfully struck Latvia. Here in Rumbula where the earthly remains of Latvia's Jews rest, we have come to honour and remember them. I wish therefore to extend a special greeting to the representatives of Latvia's Jewish community for whom this is special day of
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in German) than for other groups. Most of the available information about the persecution of the Gypsies in Nazi-occupied eastern Europe comes from Latvia. According to Latvia's 1935 census, 3,839 Gypsies lived in the country, the largest population of any of the Baltic States. Many of them did not
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and the men of the local Selbstschutz. On July 16-July 18, 300 people were shot dead in the Kaziņu Forest. In July–August, the remaining 700 Jews from town were shot dead, while the Jews of the region were killed in the autumn. The shooting was carried out by German, Latvian and Estonian SD men who
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started to form his armed unit of men who were responding to the appeal of Pērkonkrusts to take arms and to clear Latvia of Jews and communists. In the beginning, the unit mainly included members of different student fraternities. In 1941 altogether about 300 men had applied. The closest assistants
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On January 12, 1942, Jedicke distributed Lohse's order of December 4, 1941, ordering his subordinates that in all cases, they were to make sure to implement the necessary "follow up." By May 18, 1942, the German police and SS commander in Liepāja indicated in a log that over a previous unspecified
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of the action. He was an idle eternal student who was supported by his wife, a rich shop owner, who was ten years older than he was. Arājs had worked in the Latvian Police for a certain period of time. He stood out with his power-hungry and extreme thinking. The man was well fed, well dressed, and
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According to the Latvia Institute (an agency of the Republic of Latvia): "There was no Holocaust research during Soviet rule in Latvia (1944–91). The victims of the Holocaust were subsumed under the rubric 'Nazi murder of peaceful Soviet citizens,' usually with unsubstantiated and highly inflated
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Gypsies were also forbidden to live along the coast. Historian Lewy believes this restriction may have occasioned the first large killing of Gypsies in Latvia. On December 5, 1941, the Latvian police in Liepāja arrested 103 Gypsies (24 men, 31 women, and 48 children). Of these people, the Latvian
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was charged in a British court with war crimes, but was released in 1948, and afterwards hid out in West Germany for many years; although he was still a wanted war criminal, he found work as a driver for a British military unit in the western occupation zone. Eventually Arājs was caught, and, in
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The Soviet Union suppressed research into and memorials of the Holocaust in Latvia until 1991, when Soviet rule over Latvia ended. In one case a memorial at Rumbula of which the authorities did not approve was simply hauled away in the middle of the night, with no explanation given. Occasional
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writes: "The members of the Jewish Council, including the lawyers D. Elyashev, M. Mintz and Iliya Yevelson, and their volunteer assistants did all they could to somehow relieve general suffering." Jewish policemen, too, tried to somehow protect their fellowmen. The inmates strived to preserve
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site or to acknowledge that the victims were Jewish. Until 1960 nothing was done to preserve or memorialize the killing grounds. In 1961, a group of young Jews from Riga searched for the site and found charred bones and other evidence of the murders. In 1962, the Soviets staged an officially
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and Lāčplēša Streets. About 7,000 non-Jews were moved from there to other flats in Riga. More than 23,000 Riga Jews were ordered to move to the territory of the ghetto. There now were more than 29,000 inmates in the ghetto, including those who had already previously resided there. The
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Ulita Varushkyna who at the plea of his parents took in their two-year-old son, Mordechai Tager, who she later adopted, and the Polish Matusevich family that hid Haim Israelit and his nephew Yakov for three years. Both Varushkyna and the Matusevich family have been awarded the title
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thus became the source of enrichment of Nazi officials and their local collaborators who confiscated Jewish property. The extermination of Jews suited them since nobody would remain alive to demand the return of stolen items. By October 1941, altogether about 35,000
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numbers. Research in the West was mainly based on accounts of survivors and court cases against Nazi criminals. Only after regaining independence in 1991, could Latvian historians begin to assess the situation and make use of documentation available locally."
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rolls were spread on the Ugunsdzēsēju Square, and the Jews were forced to march across their sacred things, with watchers merrily laughing at the amusing scene. The above operations took place under the direct leadership of Erhard Grauel, commander of the
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came into Soviet custody after the war. He was interrogated, tried, convicted and hanged in Riga on February 3, 1946. Against popular misconception, the execution did not happen in the territory of the former Riga ghetto, but in Victory Square
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On November 29, 2002, sixty-one years after the murders, the highest officials of the Republic of Latvia, together with representatives of the Latvian Jewish community, foreign ambassadors, and others attended a memorial dedication at the
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were also brought there. Altogether the ghetto had about 15,000 prisoners. The engineer Misha Movshenson ran the Council of the ghetto. His father had headed the city of Daugavpils in 1918 during the previous period of German occupation.
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the first mass killing of Jews took place on July 3 and 4, when about 400 people were shot dead, and on July 8 when 300 Jews were killed. The German group of SD and policemen did the shooting, while the members of Latvian Selbstschutz
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death unit of commander Oskars Baltmanis. All murders were supervised by the officers of the German SS and SD. In July 1941, approximately 4,000 Riga Jews were murdered in the Biķernieku Forest. The killings were headed by
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pronounced the tribunal's sentence on Strauch: "Defendant EDUARD STRAUCH, on the counts of the indictment on which you have been convicted, the Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging." Unlike his codefendants
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the Riga Jews. On 4 July, the choral synagogue at Gogoļa Street was burnt, and thereafter, the synagogues at Maskavas and Stabu Streets. Many Jews were murdered during those days, including the refugees from
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As the front line moved east, Einsatzgruppe A moved out of Latvia, remaining in the country only a few weeks, after which its functions were taken over by the "resident" SD under the authority of the
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was formed within the ghetto, which was assigned the task of regulating social life. The Jewish police force for the maintenance of order formed there. It consisted of 80 men armed with sticks and
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were killed by the Nazis and their Latvian collaborators. Professor Ezergailis estimated that one-half of the Gypsy population was killed, but there will probably never be a more definite number.
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of the rights that were enjoyed by the other citizens of Latvia. Jews were strictly forbidden to leave their homes in the evening, at night and in the morning. They were allotted lower
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1. As carriers of contagious diseases, especially typhus; 2. As unreliable elements who neither obey the regulations issued by German authorities, nor are willing to do useful work.
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references were made to the Holocaust in literature during the Soviet era. A folkloric figure called "žīdu šāvējs" (Jew shooter) turned up in stories on occasion. The poet
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There exists well-founded suspicion that they provide intelligence to the enemy and thus damage the German cause. I therefore order that they are to be treated as Jews.
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was reported to have killed many Gypsies between July and September 1941. In April 1942, 50 Gypsies, mostly women and small children, were assembled at the jail in
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Dribins, Leo, Gūtmanis, Armands, and Vestermanis, Marģers, "Latvia's Jewish Community: History, Trajedy, Revival", Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia
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In later years the officials held memorial services every year in November or December. There were speeches reminding of the atrocities of the Nazis. But saying
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Anders, Edward, and Dubrovskis, Juris, "Who Died in the Holocaust? Recovering Names from Official Records", Holocaust and Genocide Studies 17.1 (2003) 114-138
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under a fake intention of starting an aviation business, after it was found out that he would not stand trial for his alleged participation in the Holocaust.
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population. In order to govern the Jews they had to be moved to special areas where ghettos would be arranged and they would be forbidden to leave the area.
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was set up in Grīva at the end of July, 1941, when all surviving Jews in the city were moved there. Jews from other towns and villages of Latgale and even
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Scheffler, Wolfgang, "Zur Geschichte der Deportation jüdischer Bürger nach Riga 1941/1942", Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V. – 23.05.2000
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and tell a little about the ghetto, but the police didn't permit to do so. Until 1972, when I retired from the army, I did my best to keep the place neat.
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organisation, was chosen to head it. In the summer of 1941, 300 men in the unit took part in the murder of about 2000 Jews in Jelgava and other places in
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About 66,000 Latvian Jews; 19,000 German, Austrian and Czech Jews; unknown numbers of Lithuanian and Hungarian Jews; unknown but substantial number of
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period, 174 Gypsies had been killed by shooting. The German policy on Gypsies varied. In general, it seemed that wandering or "itinerant" Gypsies (
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by paying them minimum wages or by providing them with a minimum food ration – with whatever may be left over after supplying the indigenous
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Trials of War Criminals before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals under Control Council Law No. 10, Nuernberg, October 1946 - April 1949
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on January 20, 1942, showing only 3,500 Jews left alive in Latvia out of about 60,000 in the country at the time of the Nazi invasion.
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trial for having a key role in the Rumbula and a number of other mass murders in Eastern Europe. On April 9, 1948, Presiding judge
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cemetery an SD detachment killed six local Jews, including the town pharmacist. In the following days 35 Jews were exterminated in
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Holocaust Remembrance - Rumbula Memorial Site Unveiled, December 2002
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and other strategic points in Latvia. The Nazi police state included an organisation called the Security Service (German:
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Like the Jews, the killing of the Gypsies proceeded through Latvia's smaller towns, and with the aid of Latvians. The
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for ordering the murders of 7 American POWs. Dietrich was found guilty, sentenced to death, and hanged in 1948.
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victims to the killing site. On July 13, the destroying of the sizeable choral synagogue of Liepāja began. The
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The SD in Latvia can be distinguished in photographs and descriptions by their uniforms. The full black of the
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The SD first established its power in Latvia through Einsatzgruppe A, which was subdivided into units called
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themselves, and there was even an illusion of survival. A resistance group was formed that bought weapons.
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In the ghetto, the Jews were very crowded: 3-4 square metres were allotted per person. There was also high
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and organizing the march out to the pits, was likewise apprehended and tried in West Germany in the 1970s.
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The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939 – March 1942
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on their clothes. It was forbidden for them to attend places where public events took place, including
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with black accents. They wore a SD patch on the left sleeve, a yellowish shirt, and the Death's Head (
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Members of Latvian self-defence unit assemble a group of Jewish women for execution on a beach near
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Although Lohse's name was on the order, it was actually issued at the behest of Bruno Jedicke, the
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crossed the Soviet frontier in the early morning of Sunday 22 June 1941, on a broad front from the
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site. The President and the Prime Minister of the Republic walked to the forest from where the
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Walking Since Daybreak: A story of Eastern Europe, World War II, and the Heart of our Century
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The Execution of the Hangman of Riga: The Only Execution of a Nazi War Criminal by the Mossad
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through imprisonment, mass shootings, concentration camps, ghettos, forced labor, starvation
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Roberts Blūzmanis had rendered active assistance by ensuring the moving of the Jews to the
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Republic of Latvia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rumbula memorial unveiled, December 2002
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killings were carried out by a German SD group, which was helped by Selbstschutz men and
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was a member of a Nazi class that "was to receive surprisingly light treatment" at the
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Genocide on Trial; war crimes trials and the formation of Holocaust History and Memory
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1979, tried and convicted of murder in a West German court. He died in prison in 1988.
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1b. By July 11 they had killed about 1,150 people. Ehrlinger's work was continued by
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of Viktors Arājs included Konstantīns Kaķis, Alfrēds Dikmanis, Boris Kinsler and
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were also soon introduced for Jews. All articles above the norm were subject to
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Friedrich Jahnke, a Nazi policeman who had been instrumental in setting up the
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Vestermanis M. Juden in Riga. Ein historischer Wegweiser. Bremen, 1996, S. 29.
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was forbidden. Once after the official part of the meeting, Jews tried to say
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The Good Old Days: The Holocaust as seen by its Perpetrators and Bystanders
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and 8,300 elderly and disabled people. The ghetto only had 16 groceries, a
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were only allowed to advise and treat Jews, and they were forbidden to run
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as the territory was called by the invaders – made his guidelines on
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Gypsies who wander about in the countryside represent a two-fold danger.
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was never tried for what he did in Latvia. However, he was tried in the
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units were also involved in the mass-murder of Jews. In the district of
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The years of extermination : Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945
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1b (EK 1b) and 3 (EK 3). EK 1b had 50 to 60 men and was commanded by
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A memorial stone to unspecified "victims of Fascism" at the site of
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travel about the country, but lived settled, or "sedentary" lives.
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There are two known instances of people rescuing Jews in Rēzekne –
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In Latvia, Holocaust scholarship could only be resumed after the
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police turned over 100 to the custody of the German police chief
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5020:Early elements 5017: 5009: 5008: 5005: 5004: 5001: 5000: 4998: 4997: 4992: 4987: 4982: 4977: 4972: 4967: 4962: 4957: 4955:Arajs Kommando 4951: 4949: 4943: 4942: 4940: 4939: 4934: 4929: 4926:Einsatzgruppen 4921: 4919: 4915: 4914: 4912: 4911: 4906: 4901: 4895: 4889: 4888: 4887: 4876: 4868: 4862: 4860: 4853: 4852: 4846: 4843: 4842: 4839:Responsibility 4830: 4829: 4826: 4825: 4822: 4821: 4819: 4818: 4813: 4808: 4803: 4798: 4793: 4788: 4783: 4777: 4775: 4769: 4768: 4765: 4764: 4762: 4761: 4756: 4751: 4746: 4741: 4736: 4731: 4725: 4723: 4717: 4716: 4714: 4713: 4712: 4711: 4706: 4701: 4691: 4690: 4689: 4678: 4676: 4670: 4669: 4667: 4666: 4661: 4656: 4651: 4646: 4641: 4636: 4631: 4626: 4621: 4618:Einsatzgruppen 4613: 4611: 4607: 4606: 4604: 4603: 4598: 4593: 4587: 4585: 4582:Final Solution 4577: 4576: 4574: 4573: 4572: 4571: 4561: 4560: 4559: 4554: 4544: 4539: 4534: 4529: 4521: 4519: 4515: 4514: 4512: 4511: 4506: 4501: 4495: 4493: 4484: 4474: 4473: 4461: 4460: 4457: 4456: 4453: 4452: 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493:Main article: 462: 459: 363: 360: 284:Einsatzgruppen 279:Einsatzgruppen 273: 270: 227: 224: 198:refers to the 191: 190: 183: 179: 178: 168:Arajs Kommando 156:Einsatzgruppen 153: 149: 148: 131: 127: 126: 120: 116: 115: 112: 108: 107: 102: 98: 97: 92: 86: 85: 78: 70: 69: 61: 60: 40:the key points 30: 28: 21: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 5723: 5712: 5709: 5707: 5704: 5702: 5699: 5697: 5694: 5692: 5689: 5687: 5684: 5682: 5679: 5678: 5676: 5661: 5658: 5656: 5653: 5651: 5648: 5646: 5643: 5641: 5638: 5636: 5635:Faroe Islands 5633: 5631: 5628: 5627: 5625: 5619: 5613: 5610: 5608: 5607:South Ossetia 5605: 5603: 5600: 5598: 5595: 5593: 5590: 5589: 5587: 5581: 5575: 5572: 5570: 5567: 5565: 5562: 5560: 5557: 5555: 5552: 5550: 5547: 5545: 5542: 5540: 5537: 5535: 5532: 5530: 5527: 5525: 5522: 5520: 5517: 5515: 5512: 5510: 5507: 5505: 5502: 5500: 5497: 5495: 5492: 5490: 5487: 5485: 5482: 5480: 5477: 5475: 5472: 5470: 5467: 5465: 5462: 5460: 5459:Liechtenstein 5457: 5455: 5452: 5450: 5447: 5445: 5442: 5440: 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3268: 3264: 3258: 3255: 3253: 3250: 3248: 3245: 3242:Organizations 3240: 3239: 3236: 3233: 3231: 3228: 3226: 3225:Viktors Arājs 3223: 3218: 3217: 3215: 3213: 3212:Collaborators 3209: 3203: 3200: 3198: 3195: 3193: 3190: 3189: 3187: 3183: 3177: 3174: 3172: 3169: 3167: 3164: 3162: 3159: 3157: 3154: 3152: 3149: 3147: 3144: 3142: 3139: 3137: 3134: 3132: 3129: 3127: 3126:Hinrich Lohse 3124: 3122: 3119: 3117: 3114: 3112: 3109: 3107: 3104: 3102: 3099: 3097: 3094: 3092: 3089: 3087: 3084: 3082: 3079: 3077: 3074: 3072: 3069: 3067: 3066:Alois Brunner 3064: 3063: 3061: 3057: 3051: 3048: 3046: 3043: 3041: 3038: 3036: 3033: 3031: 3028: 3027: 3025: 3021: 3015: 3012: 3010: 3007: 3005: 3002: 3000: 2997: 2995: 2992: 2990: 2987: 2986: 2984: 2980: 2974: 2971: 2969: 2966: 2964: 2961: 2959: 2956: 2954: 2951: 2949: 2946: 2944: 2941: 2936: 2934: 2933:The Holocaust 2931: 2926: 2925: 2922: 2918: 2911: 2906: 2904: 2899: 2897: 2892: 2891: 2888: 2881: 2877: 2873: 2870: 2867: 2864: 2861: 2859: 2856: 2855: 2846: 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Index


lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview

Wannsee Conference
Latvia
Genocide
Rudolf Lange
Friedrich Jeckeln
Franz Walter Stahlecker
Viktors Arājs
Einsatzgruppen
Order Police battalions
Wehrmacht
Arajs Kommando
Latvian Auxiliary Police
Kriegsmarine
Roma
crimes against humanity
Nazi Germany
collaborators
Jews
occupation of Latvia
Riga Ghetto

Reichskommissariat Ostland
German army
Baltic Sea
Daugavpils

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