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Letter by Ye. Gekhman, regarding the extermination of the Jews of Riga during the German occupation
Letter by Ye. Gekhman, regarding the extermination of the Jews of Riga during the German occupation
German Army occupation of Riga, 01/07/1941; abuse of Jews on the streets of Riga; assembly of Jews in the synagogues, prayers from the windows, and shooting; burning of synagogues with the Jews inside; resistance by Jews from the first days of the occupation: an activist named Abel shot two Germans; Elkitnek, the school principal, fell with a weapon in his hands; Mrs. Ganshteyn was mu...
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item Id
9424249
Type of material
Letter
Names
File Number
60
Language
Russian
Record Group
P.21 - Ilya Ehrenburg Collection
Sub-Record Group
P.21.1 - Documentation used for publication the "Black Book"
Date of Creation - earliest
12/1944
Date of Creation - latest
12/1944
Name of Submitter
Irina Erenburg
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
39
Archival Signature
אלבום 2, עמ' 178-193
Connected to Item
P.21.1 - Ilya Ehrenburg Collection - Original documentation of the Soviet writer on the subject of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union