Lo Tishkach has published its latest report into the state of the Jewish cemeteries and Holocaust-era mass graves in the northern Latvian region of Vidzeme, including the capital Riga. The report outlines the current situation and location of eleven Jewish cemeteries and 28 mass grave sites. The report found four cemeteries to be properly demarcated and maintained, a further two sites to be partially demarcated and protected, with a final fives sites lacking any appropriate form of identification and demarcation. Regarding mass grave sites, only four of them lack identification, and three sites require memorial markers that make mention of the Jewish victims buried there. The remaining 21 sites are appropriately marked.
The report is the second to be published of Latvian regions by Lo Tishkach and follows extensive surveys, local interviews and additional research undertaken by local students over the summer of 2010. A report covering Latvia’s Zemgale region was published last year.
An additional report into the Zakarpattia region of Ukraine will be published in the coming months alongside similar reports on Jewish burial grounds in Latvia and Lithuania. In total, more than 800 sites were surveyed last summer.
Please contact us if you would like to obtain a copy of the report.
