Jews of Latvia in the WWII

The part of Latvian Jewish encyclopedia “Jews of Latvia in the WWII” was issued in 5 volumes. The authors the edition are young Latvian historians. the goal of the project is to compile and popularize information about the Holocaust and WWII in Latvia. The edition includes following articles:

Jews in Latvia between two World Wars (1918—1940); Anti-Semitism and it’s propaganda in Latvia during World War II; Preconditions of World War II; One year of Soviet occupation of Latvia (1940—1941); The start of war on the territory of Latvia and its occupation by Nazi Germany; The Holocaust in Latvia: general issues; Policy of Nazi occupation regime in Latvia in regards to Jews; The Holocaust in Riga; The Holocaust in Riga. Foreign Jews. Salaspils concentration camp; The Holocaust in Riga. Kaiserwald concentration camp and its subcamps; The Holocaust in Daugavpils; The Holocaust in Liepaja; The Holocaust in Latvian small-size towns; Holocaust at Latvian countryside; The saviors and the saved; Trials of participants in the extermination of the Jews: the trial of German generals in Riga (1946), trials of collaborators; The return of Jews in Latvia (1944 – 1949); Social memory about Holocaust: attempt of the theoretical and empirical research; Latvian Jews at Soviet home fronts and in the Red Army forces
(1941 - 1945).