Posts Tagged: Latvia Jews
Latvian Parliament Approves $46 Million to Jewish Community in Compensation for Ravages of Nazi Holocaust
Latvia's parliament on Thursday passed legislation to compensate the Baltic state's Jewish community for the ravages of the Nazi Holocaust. The new law authorizes 40 million...
New Holocaust Museum Honors Couple that Hid Jews in Latvia
JNS.org - Israeli President Shimon Peres attended a ceremony marking the opening of a museum honoring a couple that saved 50 Jews during the...
A Different Kind of Holocaust Remembrance (INTERVIEW)
"Legion Day" isn't the type of Holocaust remembrance ceremony that the Jewish community is used to. Every year on March 16, Latvia hosts a ceremony and...
Holocaust Remnants in Latvia
When all 19 members of his family were killed, Mozus Berkovich had been studying to become a dentist. It was July of 1941, and...
Latvia Still Honors the Biggest Jew-Killing Machine in World History
On March 16 2012, a 47-year-old British woman, Monica Lowenberg, placed a wreath at the foot of the Freedom Monument in Riga, Latvia. She was...
