Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum

The Riga Ghetto was a small area in Maskavas Forštate, a neighbourhood of Riga, Latvia, designated by the Nazis where Jews from Latvia, and later from Germany, were forced to live during World War II. On October 25, 1941, the Nazis relocated all Jews from Riga and the vicinity to the ghetto while the non-Jewish inhabitants were evicted. Most of the Latvian Jews (about 35,000) were killed on November 30 and December 8, 1941 in the Rumbula massacre.

Open on the International Day of Peace, the Riga Ghetto Museum follows the UN’s call to respect the dignity of each person and their lives free of discrimination and prejudice, and to actively speak out against all forms of violence.

Constituting a World War II memorial honoring the victims of genocide, the museum was established in the territory of the Riga ghetto street pavement covered walkway. The museum's exposition includes an exhibition dedicated to Jewish education during the Latvian First Republic; to the Jewish role in the Latvian cultural, sporting and artistic development; as well as to remembering the Holocaust.