Legal documentation regarding Nazi war criminals who were active in the Riga Ghetto and documentation from the Riga Ghetto, 1941-1943
- Names of the Nazi war criminals, Heinrich Mueller and Maywald;
- Newspaper clippings regarding the activities of the German Army in the Riga Ghetto;
- Correspondence regarding the testimony of Hilde Sherman regarding the Riga Ghetto and the Latvian collaborators, Viktor Arajs and Albert Cucurs.
File Number : 22
Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Correspondence, Memoirs, Names of Perpetrators, Newspaper Clippings
Memoirs of Shalom Kobliakov, regarding his experiences in the Riga Ghetto
Life in the cellar of the prefecture in Riga; Riga Ghetto life; physical abuse of Jews by Latvians on Latvia's Soviet Day, 21/07/1941; rescue due to a mistake in identity by the police, and transfer to forced labor in a railroad car factory; acquaintance with Herbert Cukurs, a famous pilot who studied with him in the university before the war; meeting with Herbert Cukurs, May 1943; participation by H. Cukurs in the murder of Jews in Latvia.
Memoirs of G. Weinreich regarding his father's meeting with Herbert Cukurs in the ghetto hospital, and memoirs of Meijer Deich regarding his acquaintance with Cukurs family members
Included in the file:
Certificate given to Meijer Deich for his work in the workshop of Janis Cukurs in Liepaja, 1936.