Victory Park Riga
A number of military parades took place in this park during the Second World War. In 1946, a number of German war criminals were hanged in this park. One of them was SS-Obergruppenführer Jeckeln, who is responsible for the death of thousands of Jews.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons
Nearby
Museum
- Riga Museum of the Occupation - Riga
- Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum - Riga
- Latvian War Museum - Riga
Point of interest
Monument
- Memorial Soviet Deportations Riga - Riga
- Memorial against Oppression - Riga
- Monument Latvian War of Independence Riga - Riga
Cemetery
- Soviet War Graves Torņakalnā - Riga
- Soviet War Graves Ivanovskom - Riga
- Soviet War Graves Matīsa kapos - Riga
Remembrance Stone
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