Liepāja ghetto
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The Liepāja ghetto was a Nazi-established Jewish ghetto in the Latvian city of Liepāja, where the local Jewish population was confined, exploited, and largely murdered during the Holocaust.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust site
ⓘ
Jewish ghetto ⓘ Nazi ghetto ⓘ |
| aftermath | murder of most of Liepāja’s Jewish population ⓘ |
| category |
History of Liepāja
ⓘ
Holocaust locations in Latvia ⓘ Jewish ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| createdBy |
German occupation authorities
ⓘ
Nazi regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime |
1942–1943
ⓘ
1943 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupTargeted |
Jews
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latvian Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Liepāja Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
German occupation of Latvia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
antisemitic policies of Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Nazi occupation of Latvia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| languageOfEnvironment |
German
ⓘ
Latvian ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Courland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German-occupied Latvia ⓘ Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ Liepāja NERFINISHED ⓘ Reichskommissariat Ostland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Republic of Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Baltic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
German occupation authorities in Latvia
ⓘ
German police NERFINISHED ⓘ Latvian auxiliary police NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ SS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Final Solution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Holocaust in Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ Holocaust in the Baltic states NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
confinement of Jews
ⓘ
exploitation of Jewish labor ⓘ facilitation of mass murder of Jews ⓘ persecution of Jews ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
deportations of Jews
ⓘ
liquidation of the ghetto ⓘ mass shootings of Jews ⓘ |
| startTime |
1941
ⓘ
July 1941 ⓘ |
| victim |
Jewish children
ⓘ
Jewish men ⓘ Jewish women ⓘ |
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