Rumbula massacre

When

30 Nov 1941 – 8 Dec 1941

Kind

Massacre

Coordinates

56.89° N, 24.25° E

Description

Nazi massacres of Jews in Riga, Latvia, in late 1941

1941 massacre in Riga, Latvia

The Rumbula massacre is a collective term for incidents on November 30 and December 8, 1941, in which about 25,000 Jews were murdered in or on the way to Rumbula forest near Riga, Latvia, during World War II. Except for the Babi Yar massacre in Ukraine, this was the biggest two-day Holocaust atrocity until the operation of the death camps.

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “November 30 and December 8 – Rumbula massacre: Nazi forces kill approximately 24,000 Latvian Jews and 1,000 German Jews outside of Riga”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beginn des Massakers im Wald von Rumbula in Riga”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Первое массовое убийство в Румбуле, расстрел более 25 тысяч евреев из Рижского гетто на окраине города Елава в Румбульском лесу вблизи Риги в Латвии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page