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.

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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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Holocaust in Latvia placeOfMassKilling Bikernieki forest
Latvian Jews massKillingSite Bikernieki forest