Rumbula massacre
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The Rumbula massacre was a mass killing of Latvian and German Jews near Riga in late 1941, one of the largest Holocaust shootings in Eastern Europe.
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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust massacre
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crime against humanity → mass killing → war crime → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rumbula Forest massacre
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Rumbula shootings → |
| category |
Holocaust shootings in the Soviet Union
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Massacres in 1941 → Massacres of Jews → Nazi war crimes in Latvia → |
| commander |
Friedrich Jeckeln
NERFINISHED
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| commemoratedOn |
Rumbula Memorial Day
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| country |
Nazi Germany
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| date |
1941-11-30
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1941-12-08 → |
| endDate |
1941-12-08
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| followedBy |
liquidation of the Riga Ghetto
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| hasMemorial |
Rumbula memorial site
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| location |
Reichskommissariat Ostland
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Rumbula forest → near Riga → |
| methodOfKilling |
firearms
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mass shooting → |
| numberOfVictims |
approximately 25000
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approximately 28000 → |
| orderedBy |
Nazi leadership in Reichskommissariat Ostland
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| organizer |
Friedrich Jeckeln
NERFINISHED
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| partOf |
Final Solution
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Holocaust in Eastern Europe → Holocaust in Latvia → Nazi genocide of the Jews → |
| perpetrator |
Arajs Kommando
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Einsatzgruppe A → Latvian auxiliary police → Nazi Germany → SS → |
| plannedBy |
Higher SS and Police Leader Friedrich Jeckeln
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| precededBy |
establishment of the Riga Ghetto
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| result |
near destruction of the pre-war Jewish community of Riga
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| significance |
major step in the extermination of Latvian Jewry
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one of the largest Holocaust mass shootings in Eastern Europe → |
| startDate |
1941-11-30
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| tookPlaceDuring |
German occupation of Latvia
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World War II → |
| victim |
German Jews
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Jews from the Riga Ghetto → Latvian Jews → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Rumbula massacre
("Rumbula Forest massacre")
→
Rumbula massacre ("Rumbula shootings") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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Einsatzgruppen
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perpetrated |
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Rudolf Lange
("Riga Ghetto massacres")
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perpetratorOf |