Posts Tagged: Latvia Holocaust
New Documentary Examines the Murder of Jews by Latvians and Lithuanians in the Holocaust
In one scene from the powerful and horrific documentary “Baltic Truth,” Riga Ghetto survivor Marger Vesterman plays the piano to the tune of a song...
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...
On the Eve of Yom HaShoah, Great Britain Sinks into Littleness on the Holocaust
It is not every week that one sees William Hague, the British foreign secretary (the post is parallel to that of the US secretary of state),...
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...
