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© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Arshavsky, Zoya, 2009 , (Negative/Photo.:   A309064.jpg)

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Holocaust victims

Description:

The verse from Psalms 124:6 was inscribed with stucco Hebrew letters above the Torah ark of the only active synagogue in Riga.

Inscription

Hebrew

ברוך ד' שלא נתננו טרף לשניהם.

Translation: Blessed is the LORD, who did not let us be ripped apart by their teeth (Ps. 124:6, JPS 1985)

Commissioned by

Peitavas Synagogue

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Holocaust memorial inscription above the Torah ark in Peitavas Synagogue in Riga | Unknown
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Completion Date
Late 1940s
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Latvia | Vidzeme | Riga (Rīga)
| 6/8 Pietavas St.
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