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Riga is the capital of Independent Latvia. It is a city with about 40,000 Jews living in it.

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In August 1940, German Einsatzgruppen killed thousands of Jews after German forces entered Latvia. In the late and early of 1941, the Germans announced they would settle the ghetto inhabitants. On November 30th, around 25,000 Jews from Riga ghetto were shot by the German SS. In the summer of 1943, the Germans transported the ghetto inhabitants to the Kaiserwald concentration camp. The others were transported to the Kaiserwald subcamps.

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In the summer of 1944, the Germans then killed thousands of Jews in the Kaiserwald camp. After that, the remaining Jews were transferred to the Stutthof concentration camp. In October 1944, the Soviet army liberated Riga.

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"And they told us right away to line up and go get undressed, naked. Oh and you know, one, you are only a person as soon... as long as you have your clothes on. You can be a professor, a doctor, a scientist, or a shoemaker. As long... as soon as your clothes come up and stand naked, you are lost"

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"When the people got there they were told to undress, put the shoe in one pile, clothing in another pile, driven to the edge of the graves, and shot us down. It was going all night. Fifteen thousand of our people were massacred that day".

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Steve Springfield describing the massacre

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Steve Springfield describing the massacre

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The Germans occupied Riga in 1941, and confined the Jews to a ghetto. In late 1941, at least 25,000 Jews from the ghetto were massacred at the Rumbula forest, near Riga. Steven and his brother were sent to a small ghetto for able-bodied men. In 1943 Steven was deported to the Kaiserwald camp and sent to a nearby work camp. In 1944 he was transferred to Stutthof and forced to work in a shipbuilding firm. In 1945, Steven and his brother survived a death march and were liberated by Soviet forces.

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Steven Springfield describes a massacre in the Rumbula forest near Riga, Latvia

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The Germans occupied Riga in 1941, and confined the Jews to a ghetto. In late 1941, at least 25,000 Jews from the ghetto were massacred at the Rumbula forest, near Riga. Steven and his brother were sent to a small ghetto for able-bodied men.

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If you ever wanted to visit Riga :P

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