Rumbula forest

E280322
forest mass killing site

Rumbula forest is a wooded area near Riga, Latvia, historically known as one of the largest sites of mass executions of Jews during the Holocaust.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Rumbula forest canonical 3
Rumbula Forest memorial site 1
Rumbula massacre memorial 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf forest ⓘ
mass killing site ⓘ
commemoratedOn annual remembrance ceremonies ⓘ
comparableTo Babi Yar ⓘ
Ponary massacre site ⓘ
country Latvia ⓘ
dateOfEventEnd 1941-12-08 ⓘ
dateOfEventStart 1941-11-30 ⓘ
distanceTo about 10 km southeast of central Riga ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation 56.8833° N, 24.2333° E ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ
hasMemorial Rumbula forest self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rumbula memorial complex
hasMemorialFeature Star of David shaped central monument ⓘ
individual name stones for victims ⓘ
hasUse mass execution site during the Holocaust ⓘ
heritageDesignation Holocaust memorial site ⓘ
historicalEventType mass shootings ⓘ
historicalJurisdiction Reichskommissariat Ostland ⓘ
knownFor Rumbula massacre ⓘ
languageOfMemorialInscriptions English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Latvian ⓘ
locatedIn Riga ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Ropaži Municipality ⓘ
Stopiņi Parish ⓘ
locatedNear Daugava River ⓘ
memorialInaugurationDate 2002 ⓘ
nearTransportInfrastructure Riga–Daugavpils railway ⓘ
Riga–Moscow highway ⓘ
numberOfVictims approximately 25000 ⓘ
over 25000 ⓘ
partOf Final Solution ⓘ
Holocaust ⓘ
surface form: Holocaust in Eastern Europe

Riga Planning Region ⓘ
surface form: Riga metropolitan area

sites of mass murder of Jews in the Baltic states ⓘ
perpetrator Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
Latvian auxiliary police ⓘ
surface form: Latvian auxiliary police units

Nazi Germany ⓘ
Higher SS and Police Leader Friedrich Jeckeln ⓘ
surface form: SS and Police Leader Friedrich Jeckeln
significantEvent Rumbula massacre ⓘ
terrainFeature coniferous woodland ⓘ
timePeriod Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
victimGroup German Jews ⓘ
Latvian Jews ⓘ
Roma ⓘ
political prisoners ⓘ
victimSelectionLocation Riga Ghetto ⓘ
surface form: Riga ghetto

Referenced by (9)

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

Rumbula massacre → location → Rumbula forest ⓘ
Rumbula massacre → hasMemorial → Rumbula forest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rumbula memorial site
Holocaust in Latvia → placeOfMassKilling → Rumbula forest ⓘ
Rumbula forest → hasMemorial → Rumbula forest self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rumbula memorial complex
Latvian Jews → massKillingSite → Rumbula forest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rumbula massacre site
Latvian Jews → memorialization → Rumbula forest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rumbula memorial
Rumbula Memorial Day → relatedTo → Rumbula forest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rumbula massacre memorial
Rumbula Memorial Day → memorializedIn → Rumbula forest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rumbula Forest memorial site
Holocaust shootings in the Soviet Union → notableMassacreSite → Rumbula forest ⓘ