Daugavpils Ghetto
Following the occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany in the summer of 1941, the Daugavpils Ghetto (German: Ghetto Dünaburg) was established in an old fortress near Daugavpils. Daugavpils is the second largest city in Latvia and the principal city of the Latgalia region. Daugavpils was located in southeastern Latvia on the Daugava River. The city was militarily important as a major road and railway junction. Before World War II, Daugavpils was the center of a thriving Jewish community in the Latgale region and one of the most important centers of Jewish culture in eastern Europe. Over the course of the German occupation of Latvia, the vast majority of the Jews of Latgale were killed as a result of the Nazi extermination policy.
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Daugavpils Ghetto
Following the occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany in the summer of 1941, the Daugavpils Ghetto (German: Ghetto Dünaburg) was established in an old fortress near Daugavpils. Daugavpils is the second largest city in Latvia and the principal city of the Latgalia region. Daugavpils was located in southeastern Latvia on the Daugava River. The city was militarily important as a major road and railway junction. Before World War II, Daugavpils was the center of a thriving Jewish community in the Latgale region and one of the most important centers of Jewish culture in eastern Europe. Over the course of the German occupation of Latvia, the vast majority of the Jews of Latgale were killed as a result of the Nazi extermination policy.
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Following the occupation of La ...... the Nazi extermination policy.
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Getto w Dyneburgu (niem. Ghett ...... na Łotwie w latach 1941–1943.
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Le ghetto de Daugavpils (en al ...... estimé entre 13 000 à 16 000 .
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Гетто в Даугавпилсе (15 июля ...... ты нацистами и их пособниками.
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Dvinsk ghetto, the Citadel, Ghetto Dünaburg
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Daugavpils Ghetto
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Jews in the Daugavpils ghetto, probably in August, 1941
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Imprisonment, mass shootings, forced labor, starvation
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Daugavpils, Latvia and vicinity, including Pogulyanka Forest .
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Following the occupation of La ...... the Nazi extermination policy.
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Getto w Dyneburgu (niem. Ghett ...... na Łotwie w latach 1941–1943.
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Le ghetto de Daugavpils (en al ...... ois aux alentours. Le nombre d
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Гетто в Даугавпилсе (15 июля ...... ты нацистами и их пособниками.
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Daugavpils Ghetto
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Getto w Dyneburgu
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Ghetto de Daugavpils
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Гетто в Даугавпилсе
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