What the records say
- When
- 29 Jun 1941 – Apr 1942
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 56.48° N, 21.01° E
- Description
- series of mass executions in Latvia
Liepāja massacres
Series of mass executions in Latvia
The Liepāja massacres were a series of mass executions, many public or semi-public, in and near the city of Liepāja, on the west coast of Latvia in 1941 after the German occupation of Latvia. The main perpetrators were detachments of the Einsatzgruppen, the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), the Ordnungspolizei (ORPO), and Latvian auxiliary police and militia forces.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les troupes allemandes prennent le port de Liepāja (Libau), en Lettonie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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