Latvian Jews

E280325

Jewish community ethnic group

Latvian Jews were the Jewish community of Latvia, many of whom were annihilated during the Holocaust through mass shootings and deportations under Nazi occupation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Latvian Jews canonical	4
Jews in Latvia	1
Latvian Jewish community	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
capitalCityCommunity	Riga ⓘ
country	Latvia ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Ashkenazi Jewish traditions ⓘ Jewish education networks ⓘ Yiddish literature ⓘ
diasporaDestination	Canada ⓘ Israel ⓘ Russia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
estimatedPreWarPopulation	approximately 93,000 ⓘ
estimatedVictimsHolocaust	approximately 70,000–75,000 ⓘ
ghetto	Daugavpils ghetto ⓘ surface form: Daugavpils Ghetto Riga Ghetto ⓘ
historicalPeriod	German occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ surface form: Nazi occupation of Latvia Republic of Latvia (1918–1940) ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ Soviet occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ surface form: Soviet occupation of Latvia
language	Hebrew ⓘ Latvian ⓘ Russian ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
mainTerritory	Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ⓘ surface form: Courland Latgale ⓘ Vidzeme ⓘ
massKillingSite	Bikernieki forest ⓘ Rumbula forest ⓘ surface form: Rumbula massacre site Liepāja beach ⓘ surface form: Skede dunes near Liepāja
memorialization	Bikernieki memorial ⓘ Holocaust memorials in Latvia ⓘ Rumbula forest ⓘ surface form: Rumbula memorial
methodOfExtermination	deportation to concentration camps ⓘ ghettoization ⓘ mass shootings ⓘ
notableOrganization	Council of Latvian Jewish Communities ⓘ Jewish community of Riga ⓘ
percentageKilledInHolocaust	around 90 percent ⓘ
persecutedBy	Einsatzgruppen ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ local collaborators in Latvia ⓘ
persecutionEvent	Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ
postwarStatus	community largely destroyed and dispersed ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
significantCommunityIn	Daugavpils ⓘ Jelgava ⓘ Liepāja, Latvia ⓘ surface form: Liepāja Rēzekne ⓘ
timeOfMassMurder	1941 ⓘ 1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Rumbula massacre → victim → Latvian Jews ⓘ

Rothkowitz → isAssociatedWith → Latvian Jews ⓘ

German occupation of the Baltic states → victimGroup → Latvian Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jews in Latvia

Holocaust in Latvia → victim → Latvian Jews ⓘ

Rumbula forest → victimGroup → Latvian Jews ⓘ

Rumbula Memorial Day → relatedTo → Latvian Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latvian Jewish community