Perished During the Period 1933-1945 in Indirect Relation With the Shoah
Freide Jankelowitsch nee Blumenfeld was born in Griva, Latvia, 1881. She was a manager. Prior to WWII she lived in Riga, Latvia. Freide perished during the period 1933-1945 in indirect relation with the Shoah. Place of death: Osh, Kirghizstan (USSR), 23/03/1945.
List of names of Jewish residents of Latvia, the result of research by the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia under the supervision of Prof. Ruvin Ferber and with the cooperation of the Latvia State Historical Archives, 2002
Many thousands of Jews were killed during the Nazis’ bombing of population centers beyond front lines or in abysmal conditions, besieged or as refugees. The percentage of Jewish victims was higher than that of the general population because Jews, unlike others, were fleeing explicit antisemitic persecution by the Nazis.