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Listing of Jews for deportation to Riga, Latvia [LCID: 2015gq8x]
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Listing of Jews for deportation to Riga, Latvia

The SS compiled lists of Jews who were to be deported to ghettos, concentration camps, and killing centers. This document provides the names, birthdates, marital status, and addresses of Jews who were “evacuated” on November 20, 1941 from Germany to the Riga ghetto in German-occupied Latvia.


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