History of Latvian JewsMentions anti-Jewish policies of some rulers in the Latvian provinces - Courland, Lievland, and Latgalia - between the 16th century and 1914. Some Jews were killed in Riga in pogroms during the revolution of 1905-06. The 1930s were marked by attempts to oust Jews from the economy of independent Latvia. Antisemitism of the radical right was also conspicuous. Ch. 10 (pp. 125-144) deals with the Holocaust in Latvia, describing mass shootings of Jews by the Arājs Commando, the Riga ghetto, and Latvian rescuers of Jews. Ch. 11 (pp. 145-157), on the Soviet occupation 1944-1991, also discusses state antisemitism. Ch. 14 (pp. 179-212), "The Jews of Latvia 1919-1940", presents an anonymous text compiled by Latvian Jews in the USA in 1941-42; pp. 206-209 deal with antisemitism. Ch. 13 (pp. 169-178), "Comments on 'The Jews of Latvia 1919-1940'" is a response by Andrew Ezergailis, who contends that the Latvian dictator Kārlis Ulmanis (1934-40) was not antisemitic. |
Contents
KURZEME JEWS 15851915 | 9 |
VIDZEME JEWS 16381917 | 27 |
LATGALE JEWS 15611918 | 45 |
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19th century active Agudat Israel Aizpute anti-Semitism Arājs arrested Baltic became Black Hundreds Bobe Bolsheviks Bregmanis 1990 Bund Christian Communist party coup craftsmen Daugavpils deported deputies district Dubin economic emigrated enterprises established ethnic Ezergailis former German Hebrew historian Hitler independent Latvia industry Jānis Jelgava Jewish Jewish community Jewish population Jewish schools Jewish workers Jews lived Jews of Latvia Kārlis Ulmanis killed Krāslava Kurzeme Kurzeme Jews language Laserson Latgale Latvian Jewish Latvian Jews Latvian National Latvian Republic leader Lettish Letts Liepāja Lithuania Ludza merchants Minister minority Mintz Moscow Nazi newspaper number of Jewish number of Jews occupation official organization Palestine Pērkonkrusts persecution Piltene pogroms Poland political province rabbi Red Army regime religious Rēzekne Rīga Rīga ghetto Rīga Jews Rumbula Russian Saeima Social Democrats Socialist society Soviet Stalin synagogue towns tsarist Ulmanis underground USSR Vestermanis Vidzeme Yakub Yiddish Zemgale Zionist
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