Shortly after the arrival of German occupiers in Riga in July 1941, the synagogues had been destroyed; just one within the previous metropolis of Riga remained intact. A German institute was near the constructing, and the invaders had been afraid to wreck their constructing. As at all times, the attractive Artwork Nouveau constructing was taken for its personal functions. The identical factor occurred in Denmark. The occupiers had good style and located the perfect buildings for his or her administration.
We discovered it after looking out up and down a slender avenue in Riga. Completely different from many locations in Europe, there was much less safety. Just one man contained in the Synagogue checked us in.
Riga’s Synagogue
From our journey to Riga in late September this yr:With regards to the persecution of Jews, we discovered 4 so-called Stolpersteine. In English, stumble stones. To create 25.000 or extra Stolpersteine and put them down on the doorsteps of the murdered Jews’s former properties can be a monumental process.
A father and mom and their two younger sons murdered as a result of they had been Jews.
