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Skede Dunes Memorial, Liepaja

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  • By Hawk470
    In the infamy that is the World War II Holocaust, the execution of thousands of Jewish women and children in the Skede dunes outside of Liepaja, Latvia in December 1941 by the Nazis and their Latvian....  more »
  • By emelie_eu
    It is a a horizontal menora (candlestick – one of the Judaism symbols) - huge granite pillars with engaved Hebrew inscriptions. Located in about 15km from centre of Liepaya. There is a car parking...  more »
  • By Pierre H
    Very troubling site when you see the pictures of all these persons, some naked being massacred on the beach by the nazi and Latvian accomplices  more »
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