The Shoah (1939–1945)
Shootings of Kuldiga
1941·Kuldiga
Toll
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The community of Kuldiga, in Courland, is destroyed over the summer; the inhabitants are led out of the town and shot in a nearby forest.
The community of Kuldiga, in Courland, is destroyed during the summer of the occupation. The Jewish inhabitants are registered, stripped of their belongings, then led out of the town and shot in a nearby forest, with the assistance of auxiliaries recruited from the local area.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Lettonie
Sources
Andrew Ezergailis, *The Holocaust in Latvia* ; *Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos*, dirigée par Geoffrey Megargee.