Liepāja massacres
The Liepāja massacres were a series of mass executions, many public or semi-public, in and near the city of Liepāja (German: Libau), on the west coast of Latvia in 1941 after the Nazi occupation of Latvia. The main perpetrators were detachments of the Einsatzgruppen, the Sicherheitsdienst or SD, the Ordnungspolizei, or ORPO, and Latvian auxiliary police and militia forces. Wehrmacht and German naval forces participated in the shootings. In addition to Jews, the Nazis and their Latvian collaborators also killed Gypsies, communists, the mentally ill and so-called "hostages". In contrast to most other Holocaust murders in Latvia, the killings at Liepāja were done in open places. About 5,000 of the 5,700 Jews trapped in Liepāja were shot, most of them in 1941. The killings occurred at a variet
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Liepāja massacres
The Liepāja massacres were a series of mass executions, many public or semi-public, in and near the city of Liepāja (German: Libau), on the west coast of Latvia in 1941 after the Nazi occupation of Latvia. The main perpetrators were detachments of the Einsatzgruppen, the Sicherheitsdienst or SD, the Ordnungspolizei, or ORPO, and Latvian auxiliary police and militia forces. Wehrmacht and German naval forces participated in the shootings. In addition to Jews, the Nazis and their Latvian collaborators also killed Gypsies, communists, the mentally ill and so-called "hostages". In contrast to most other Holocaust murders in Latvia, the killings at Liepāja were done in open places. About 5,000 of the 5,700 Jews trapped in Liepāja were shot, most of them in 1941. The killings occurred at a variet
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Massaker in Liepāja bezeichnen ...... um Zwangsarbeit zu verrichten.
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On appelle massacres de Liepāj ...... e ville de Lettonie sauf Riga.
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The Liepāja massacres were a s ...... ity in Latvia except for Riga.
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Массовые убийства в Лиепае — с ...... были казнены в местечке Шкеде.
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22.655.601
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Libau, Šķēde, Shkeede, Skeden
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20.091.026.170.046
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Liepāja massacres
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Imprisonment, mass shootings, forced labor
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Liepāja, Latvia and vicinity, including Priekule, Aizpute, and Grobiņa
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At Šķēde, Liepāja Central Cemetery
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—Hans Kawelmacher, Libau naval commandant.
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available on-line at the Patrin Web Journal
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About 5,000 Jews. Lesser numbe ...... mentally ill were also killed.
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Massaker in Liepāja bezeichnen ...... um Zwangsarbeit zu verrichten.
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On appelle massacres de Liepāj ...... es de l'Holocauste en Lettonie
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The Liepāja massacres were a s ...... killings occurred at a variet
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Массовые убийства в Лиепае — с ...... были казнены в местечке Шкеде.
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Liepāja massacres
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Massacres de Liepāja
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Massaker in Liepāja
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Массовые убийства в Лиепае (1941)
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