holocaust in latvia

A man stands inside the Riga Ghetto Museum in Riga, Latvia on Jan. 11, 2014. (Fishman/Ullstein via Getty Images)

Latvia grants Holocaust restitution — while insisting it’s not at fault

The $46 million funding took decades to obtain from a country that has consistently denied participating in the Nazi’s crimes.

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 10, 2021 8:12 am

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A man stands inside the Riga Ghetto Museum in Riga, Latvia on Jan. 11, 2014. (Fishman/Ullstein via Getty Images)

Riga Holocaust museum to remain open after city waives rent

The municipality had recently said that the ghetto memorial in the Latvian capital would need to pay $12,000 in monthly rent.

October 28, 2020 1:41 pm

A man stands inside the Riga Ghetto Museum in Riga, Latvia on Jan. 11, 2014. (Fishman/Ullstein via Getty Images)

After rent hike, Holocaust museum in Latvia could close

The Riga Ghetto Museum did not have to pay any rent for 10 years. Now the city wants to charge it $12,000 a month.

October 21, 2020 4:26 pm

The Beit Israel Synagogue in Jurmala, Latvia on Oct. 30, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In Latvia, luxury synagogue opens in a beach resort for oligarchs

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 19, 2019 1:06 pm

Nazi SS veterans hold an annual march in Latvia. Here’s how one woman is fighting back.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 17, 2018 5:31 pm

Hundreds march with Nazi SS veterans in Latvia

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 16, 2018 7:07 am

Poland isn’t the only country trying to police what can be said about the Holocaust

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 6, 2018 4:35 pm

Russian is ‘language of Zionism,’ nationalist Latvian lawmaker says

January 5, 2018 6:00 am

In Lithuania, Yiddish teacher becomes unlikely bulwark against far right

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 24, 2015 3:25 pm

UNESCO Holocaust exhibition nixed following Latvian protests

January 21, 2015 12:09 pm

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