For more than twenty years, we have been preserving and researching the history of Jews in Latvia.
Association Shamir was founded and received charity status in 2004.
Shamir's main activity now is the Riga Ghetto Museum. On this site, you can learn about our past and current projects.
Publications
we have
published51books,
catalogs,
calendars
published51books,
catalogs,
calendars
in7languages,Russian, Latvian, English, German, Spanish, French, and Hebrew.
which can be
purchased
in our shop
purchased
in our shop
Education
→More than 2000 participants, including schoolchildren and students
Presentation of “Cultural bridges” project in Bremen
Education
As a part of “Skolas soma” project, the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum has prepared and now implements an interactive tour “History Through Fates”
Education
Study the art of Jewish Modernist artists
Education
Educational Project "Stories of the Riga Ghetto for Children"
Education
Researches
→Over 20 years of studying the history of Latvian Jews
Exhibitions
→At the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum and beyond
Edgar Kwiatkowski – Art Judaicа
Exhibitions
Museum becomes Latvia’s first Fortunoff Archive Access Site
Exhibitions
The opening of the exhibition “From Dust and Ashes” dedicated to Betar
Exhibitions
In honor of Latvian Independence Day, the Shamir Society, the Riga Ghetto and Holocaust Museum in Latvia, in collaboration with the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, present the exhibition “Closed Borders. Latvian essay".
Exhibitions
Concerts
→Concerts and festivals of Jewish music
European International Tolerance Center
Learn moreStudying the history of Holocaust and contemporary forms of hatred. Preventing radicalism. Strenghtening democracy.
