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- The massacre encompasses two incidents on two non-consecutive days (November 30 and December 8, 1941) in which about 25,000 Jews were killed in or on the way to Rumbula forest near Riga, Latvia, during the Holocaust. Except for the Babi Yar massacre in Ukraine, this was the biggest two-day Holocaust atrocity until the operation of the death camps.
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May 22, 2024 · 25 September 1906. Riga, Russian Empire. Died. 30 November 1941. (1941-11-30) (aged 35) Rumbula. Ljuba Monastirskaja, (25 September 1906 – 30 November 1941) was a Latvian textile artist. She was a victim of the Rumbula massacre in 1941.
Frida Michelson (Latvian: Frīda Mihelsone, née Fride; 1906–1982) was a Latvian Jew and Holocaust survivor. She is known for her memoirs “I survived Rumbula” which records the Holocaust in Latvia , her life in the Riga Ghetto and how she managed to survive the massacre in Rumbula forest.
Oct 30, 2018 · Rumbula was a small railroad station, about 12 miles from Riga. Friedrich Jeckeln, head of the SS in Latvia, was in charge of the operation. He chose the spot because it had sandy ground, as opposed to the swampy ground that Riga was built on, which meant that it was easier to dig graves.
The Rumbula massacre is a collective term for incidents on November 30 and December 8, 1941, in which about 25,000 Jews were murdered in or on the way to Rumbula forest near Riga, Latvia, during World War II.
In late 1941, at least 25,000 Jews from the ghetto were massacred at the Rumbula forest, near Riga. Steven and his brother were sent to a small ghetto for able-bodied men. In 1943 Steven was deported to the Kaiserwald camp and sent to a nearby work camp.
Herberts Albert Cukurs (17 May 1900 – 23 February 1965) was a Latvian aviator and Nazi collaborator. He served as the deputy commander of the Arajs Kommando, a collaborationist unit that carried out the largest mass murders of Latvian Jews during the Holocaust.
Nov 28, 2022 · 30 November marks the 81st anniversary of the biggest mass murder of civilians in the history of Latvia –25,000 Latvian Jews were killed in the Rumbula forest near Rīga in a two-day-long Holocaust atrocity in 1941.
