Near the former Riga ghetto, this museum commemorates Jewish victims of the Holocaust and presents the history of Jewish life in Latvia. Its names, photographs and educational displays connect individual lives to the history of persecution and mass murder.
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A wall of names at the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum makes a vast loss personal, one name at a time. The museum stands in the Spīķeri warehouse district near the boundary of the former Riga ghetto. It opened in 2010 as a place to remember murdered Jews and to tell visitors about the Jewish life that existed in Latvia before the Holocaust.
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- The museum opened in 2010 near the boundary of the former Riga ghetto.
- Riga’s ghetto was sealed by German authorities in October 1941.
- The museum was initiated by the Shamir religious community with assistance from Riga’s city authorities.
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