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Entrance to the Riga ghetto. Riga, Latvia, 1941-1943. [LCID: 72112]
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Entrance to the Riga ghetto

Entrance to the Riga ghetto. Riga, Latvia, 1941–43.

During the Holocaust, the creation of ghettos was a key step in the Nazi process of separating, persecuting, and ultimately destroying Europe's Jews.

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