Rumbula Memorial

Rumbula Memorial is a jewish cemetery in Riga, Latvia.

Address
Rumbula forest, Riga, Latvia
Category
Jewish Cemetery

A mass grave in the forest south-east of the city, on the road to Daugavpils. The memorial is laid out as a menorah with stones carrying the names.

Between 30 November and 8 December 1941 about 25,000 Jews from the Riga ghetto, and a thousand deported from Germany, were shot here over two days.

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