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World Jewish News
Latvia to unveils new memorial to people who saved Jews during WWII on July 4.
22.06.2007 The project to unveil new memorial to people who saved Jews during WWII was organized by "The foundation of Jews' rescuers". Total cost of the memorial approximates 150,086 LVL. The government is expected to cover approximately one third.
The memorial, designed by Latvian artist Elina Lazdina, is located on the site of a synagogue that was burned down on July 4, 1941, killing an unidentified number of Jews who had hidden inside. July 4 is therefore regarded a day of mourning for Latvia's Jewish community.
Some 70,000 Jews were killed in Latvia during the war.
Источник: jewish.ru
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