Riga Ghetto
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Riga Ghetto was a small area in Maskavas Forštate, a neighbourhood of Riga, Latvia, where Nazis forced Jews from Latvia, and later from the German "Reich", to live during World War II. On October 25,
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1942 photo showing Jews in Riga required to wear the yellow star and forbidden to use the sidewalk
Oskars Dankers at the Nuremberg Trials
Edward Roschmann
Eduard Roschmann
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Eduard Roschmann was an Austrian Nazi SS-Obersturmführer and commandant of the Riga Ghetto during 1943. He was responsible for numerous murders and other atrocities. As a result of a fictionalized por
Riga Ghetto
…diseases, forced abortions and sterilization Perpetrators Hans-Adolf Prützmann, Franz Walter Stahlecker, Hinrich Lohse, Friedrich Jeckeln, Kurt Krause, Eduard Roschmann, Viktors Arājs, Herberts Cukurs Organizations Nazi SS, Arajs Kommando, Latvian Auxiliary Police Camp Kaiserwald Victims About 30,000 Latvian Jews and…
False Argentine identification issued to Roschmann in the name of "Federico Wegener".