The "final solution" in Riga : exploitation and annihilation, 1941-1944 / Andrej Angrick and Peter Klein ; translated from the German by Ray Brandon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angrick, Andrej, 1962-

Contributor:

Klein, Peter, 1962-

Series:

War and genocide ; v. 14.

War and genocide

Standardized Title:

"Endlösung" in Riga. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Latvia--Rīga.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jews--Persecutions--Latvia--Rīga--History--20th century.

Jews.

Jewish ghettos--Latvia--Rīga--History--20th century.

Jewish ghettos.

World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Latvia.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Latvia--Rīga.

History.

Jews--Persecutions.

Rīga (Latvia)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Rīga (Latvia).

Latvia--Rīga.

Physical Description:

xi, 517 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

[English-language edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.

Contents:

Latvia caught between two dictatorships

Operation Barbarossa : preparations for the German attack on the Soviet Union

From the pogroms to the establishment of the ghetto

Securing German rule in occupied Riga : the period of the large ghetto for Latvian Jews

Murder on a massive scale : the murder of the ghetto's Latvian Jews

In search of territories for the "final solution" : the road to Riga as a final destination for deportations

Plans for the Salaspils Camp

The deportation of German Jews to Riga

The Salaspils Camp : a place of internment with many functions

German Jews build Salaspils : December 1941-August 1942

Excursus I. SS Major Rudolf Lange and the Wannsee Conference

The Latvian labor market and the compulsory deployment of Jews in Riga

The utilization of Jewish assets and the issue of ghetto administration

Ghetto life and forced labor in Riga in spring 1942

The turning point : Operation Dünamünde at Jungfernhof and in the "ghetto for Reich Jews"

Forced labor and annihilation in County Commissariat Riga City

Failed resistance : the Tin Square Operation, October 1942

Annihilation instead of forced labor: Himmler's struggle against production constraints and armaments interests in General Commissariat Latvia

Concentration Camp Kaiserwald and the barrackings

Excursus II. SS Second Lieutenant Fritz Scherwitz, the commander at Lenta : a biographical sketch

The decommissioning of Concentration Camp Kaiserwald, evacuation, and liberation

A new start and the search for justice

Conclusion

Glossary

Organizational chart

Table of ranks

Biographical appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781845456085

1845456084

OCLC:

326669849