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Shortly after the arrival of German occupiers in Riga in July 1941, the synagogues have been destroyed; just one within the outdated metropolis of Riga remained intact. A German institute was near the constructing, and the invaders have been afraid to wreck their constructing. As all the time, the gorgeous Artwork Nouveau constructing was taken for its personal functions. The identical factor occurred in Denmark. The occupiers had good style and located the very best buildings for his or her administration.
We discovered it after looking out up and down a slim avenue in Riga. Completely different from many locations in Europe, there was much less safety. Just one man contained in the Synagogue checked us in.
Riga’s Synagogue
From our journey to Riga in late September this yr:
With reference to the persecution of Jews, we discovered 4 so-called Stolpersteine. In English, stumble stones. To create 25.000 or extra Stolpersteine and put them down on the doorsteps of the murdered Jews’s former houses could be a monumental job.
A father and mom and their two younger sons murdered as a result of they have been Jews. 
