Bikernieki forest
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Bikernieki forest is a wooded area near Riga, Latvia, that served as one of the largest Nazi mass execution and burial sites in the country during the Holocaust.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust site
ⓘ
forest ⓘ mass execution site ⓘ |
| category |
Holocaust locations in Latvia
ⓘ
World War II sites in Latvia ⓘ |
| commemoratesEvent |
Nazi crimes in Latvia
ⓘ
mass shootings of Jews in Riga area ⓘ |
| country | Latvia ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfVictims | more than 20,000 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
execution pits
ⓘ
mass graves ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Bikernieki Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlaquesInLanguages |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Latvian ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Holocaust memorial site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Riga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Riga Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Vidzeme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Riga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | outskirts of Riga ⓘ |
| memorialOpened | 2001 ⓘ |
| memorialPurpose |
commemoration of Holocaust victims
ⓘ
commemoration of Nazi persecution victims ⓘ |
| memorialSponsors |
Federal Republic of Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jewish organizations ⓘ State of Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySite | Riga Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Holocaust in Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Einsatzgruppen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German occupation authorities in Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ local collaborators ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1941
ⓘ
1942 ⓘ Nazi occupation of Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
World War II
ⓘ
the Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
mass burials
ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
Austrian Jews
ⓘ
Czech Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ German Jews ⓘ Latvian Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Roma NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ political prisoners ⓘ |
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