Nazi concentration camp Salaspils (Kurtenhof) Memorial

Latvia / Rigas / Salaspils /
 memorial, Second World War 1939-1945, Holocaust, massacre, internment, draw only border
Nazi concentration camp, "Kurtenhof", built in 1941 and used for 3 years during the Nazi occupation of Latvia in WWII. By Western assessment 2000-3000 people died there, based on documental and archeological evidence. By Soviet and modern Russian assessment 50 000 - 300 000 people died there.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaspils_concentration_camp
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Coordinates:   56°52'27"N   24°18'3"E

Comments

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaspils
  • 2 thousand?! Please, stop neo-Nazi propaganda! In AEL Kurtenhof 7000 children perished. While whole number of victims is 53700 people with different ethnic and religious background and from different European countries: Latvia, Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, etc.
  • Nach den Angaben in der Gedenkstätte wurden in den Jahren zwischen 1941 und 1944 über 600.000 Zivilisten und Kriegsgefangene eingesperrt; etwa 100.000[4] von ihnen wurden ermordet. Im Kinderlager des KZs waren etwa 12.000 Kinder inhaftiert, von denen mindestens 7.000 jüdische Kinder benutzt wurden, um deren Blut als Konserven in deutschen Lazaretts einzusetzen. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaspils
  • 360 degree panorama: http://www.360cities.net/image/salaspils-memorial-museum-latvia
  • 1) No Neonazi group has ever claimed interest in rewriting anything in Salaspils camp history. Only one political force has ever had ambition to do that - Soviet Union. 2) To go from 2-3'000 deaths up to even 300'000, thats, extreme even for Stalinist propoganda. To "soften" it and stick with 50'000 - still without bodies, without documents, without any other substantial evidence, is not scientific, its just silly. 3) Razhavin, please remember, you don't have to recitate Soviet propoganda anymore. There is no Cheka and KGB behind your doors, anymore.
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