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A sign in German and Latvian forbidding unauthorized entrance into the ghetto.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 28041

A sign in German and Latvian forbidding unauthorized entrance into the ghetto.

Overview

Caption: A sign in German and Latvian forbidding unauthorized entrance into the ghetto.
Date: 1941 - 1943
Locale: Riga, [Vidzeme] Latvia
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Emmi Lowenstern

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Emmi Lowenstern
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Source Record ID: 120 Latvia
Yad Vashem Photo and Film Archives

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Source Record ID: 1882/2

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BICYCLES ENTRANCES FENCES GHETTO/OCCUPATION RIGA SIGNS SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS STREET SCENES
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- RIGA (Latvia)

Record last modified:: 2013-05-20 00:00:00
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