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Img. ID: 526996

© Vladimir Levin, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 2023

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Jews of Sabile killed on August 6, 1941.

Description:

The monument is situated in the forest, on the site where the Sabile Jews were killed and buried.

It is a low low stone with a metal plaque affixed to it. The plaque bears identical inscriptions in Latvian and Russian (the latter with mistakes).

Inscription

Latvian

Šeit apbedīti 240 vācu
fašisma terora upuri
nogalināti 1941. g. 6 augusta

Translation: Here are buried 240 victims of German Fascist terror killed on August 6, 1941.

Russian

Здесь похорон. 240 жертвы
фашистского терора [террора]
Убитые 6 августа 1941 года

Translation: Here are buried 240 victims of Fascist terror killed on August 6, 1941.

Commissioned by

 Probably, surviving Jews from Sabile.

Name/Title
Old Holocaust memorial near Sabile | Unknown
Object Detail
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1960s (?)
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A588806