Holocaust in Latvia

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Holocaust event genocide war crime

The Holocaust in Latvia was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Latvian Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany and local collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near-total destruction of the country’s prewar Jewish community.

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Label Occurrences
Holocaust in Latvia canonical 9
Holocaust in the Baltic states 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust event ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
country Latvia ⓘ
endTime 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfVictims approximately 20,000 foreign Jews deported to Latvia ⓘ
approximately 70,000 to 75,000 Latvian Jews ⓘ
hasContext German–Soviet war on the Eastern Front ⓘ
Nazi racial policy ⓘ
historicalConsequence long-term demographic loss of the Jewish community in Latvia ⓘ
postwar war-crimes trials of some perpetrators ⓘ
location Latvia ⓘ
methodOfKilling deportation to extermination camps ⓘ
forced labor under lethal conditions ⓘ
mass shootings ⓘ
starvation ⓘ
notablePerpetrator Friedrich Jeckeln ⓘ
Viktors Arājs ⓘ
partOf Holocaust ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
percentageOfJewsMurdered around 90 percent ⓘ
perpetrator Arajs Kommando ⓘ
Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
surface form: Einsatzgruppe A

Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
German occupation authorities in Latvia ⓘ
Latvian auxiliary police ⓘ
surface form: Latvian Auxiliary Police

Latvian collaborators ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
placeOfDetention Daugavpils ghetto ⓘ
Kaiserwald concentration camp ⓘ
Liepāja ghetto ⓘ
Riga Ghetto ⓘ
Salaspils camp ⓘ
placeOfMassKilling Bikernieki forest ⓘ
Daugavpils Fortress ⓘ
surface form: Daugavpils fortress area

Rumbula forest ⓘ
Liepāja beach ⓘ
surface form: Skede dunes near Liepāja
prewarJewishPopulation approximately 93,000 to 95,000 ⓘ
result near-total destruction of Latvia’s prewar Jewish community ⓘ
significantEvent Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union

German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
surface form: German occupation of Latvia

Kaiserwald concentration camp operations ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Rumbula massacre ⓘ
deportations of Jews from Germany and other countries to Latvia ⓘ
establishment of the Riga Ghetto ⓘ
forced labor in Latvian camps ⓘ
liquidation of the Riga Ghetto ⓘ
massacres in Daugavpils ⓘ
massacres in Liepāja ⓘ
startTime 1941 ⓘ
1941-06 ⓘ
victim Latvian Jews ⓘ
Roma people in Latvia ⓘ
Soviet prisoners of war in Latvia ⓘ
political opponents ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rumbula massacre → partOf → Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ
Franz Walter Stahlecker → participatedIn → Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocaust in the Baltic states
Rumbula forest → timePeriod → Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ
Arajs Kommando → associatedWith → Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ
Latvian auxiliary police → associatedWithEvent → Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ
Latvian Jews → persecutionEvent → Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ
Higher SS and Police Leader Friedrich Jeckeln → participatedIn → Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ
subject surface form: Friedrich Jeckeln
Rumbula Memorial Day → hasCause → Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ
Rumbula Memorial Day → topic → Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ
History of Latvia → includesEvent → Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ