Img. ID: 520497
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Liepāja Jews murdered near the Fishing Harbor and lighthouse.
Description:
The memorial marks the area where about 1,200 Liepāja Jews were murdered in July 1941. According to the book by Meyer Meler, the killing took place “in the area of the Fishing Harbor, to the south of the lighthouse, on the beach” (Meler 2010, 246).
A memorial plaque is affixed to the concrete wall of the fish processing plant. A short path paved by bricks and flanked by trees leads to it from the sidewalk. A high step in front of the wall allows for the placement of flowers and wreaths.
According to a photograph published by Meyer Meler, the original plaque was made of white marble; a five-pointed star was placed in a circle, and identical Latvian and Russian inscriptions were divided by a depiction of a garland (Meler 2010, 254; Meler 2013, 214). Judging by stylistic features, this plaque could have been produced in the 1960s.
Sometime in the late 1990s or early 2000s, the original plaque was replaced by a new one made of black marble. The new plaque retained the original texts in Latvian and Russian, but they are now divided by a stylized line. The five-pointed star appears above the Latvian inscription. A smaller rhomboid black marble plaque with a depiction of three flowers is affixed to the wall beneath the main plaque.
In the 1990s, the old memorial was supplemented by a new one, placed on its right side.
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Inscription:
Latvian:
Šeit vācu fašistiskie okupanti
laikā no 1941.–1945. gadam
noslepkavoja daudzus
padomju patriotus
Translation: Here, between 1941 and 1945, German Fascist occupants murdered many Soviet patriots.
Russian:
Здесь немецко фашистские
оккупанты в период
с 1941 по 1945 год убили
много советских патриотов
Translation: Here, between 1941 and 1945, German Fascist occupants murdered many Soviet patriots.
Commissioned by
Probably, the authorities of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic