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Latvian Jewish artist

Nearly 4,000 Jews died at Jungfernhof, a Nazi camp in Latvia. This artist is fighting for a memorial to them.

The site on the outskirts of Riga is now a public park.

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In a shift, Latvia and Lithuania are paying Holocaust survivors and heirs for their stolen property

The Lithuania program is open to applications only until Dec. 31.

The statue "Latvian Beehive" in Zedelgem, Belgium. (Okupacijas Muzejs)

After controversy, Belgian town square to remove references to Latvian Nazi collaborators

A group of Latvian soldiers were interned in the small Belgian town of Zedelgem after World War II. But they were part of Nazi Germany’s SS forces.

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

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

Latvian Presidnet Egils Levits in Riga in 2013. (Toms Norde/Wikimedia Commons)

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Son of Jewish engineer elected president of Latvia

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Haredi Orthodox mother of 5 from Jerusalem wins Riga half-marathon

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

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

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Youths smash dozens of headstones in Serbian Jewish cemetery

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Senior Latvian lawmaker says ‘smart’ Jews working to undermine country

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