(Jewish Group) Latvia to Reimburse Jewish Community for Properties of Holocaust Victims

[Behind the Aegis]

The 19th-century synagogue in the southern Latvian town of Akniste has become a firefighting depot. An older synagogue, with wooden vaulted ceilings, is now a community center. One has been turned into a church.

After the Latvian Jews who owned, managed and frequented the buildings were killed during the Holocaust, the state took them over.

Now, 80 years later, the Latvian Jewish community will be reimbursed for hundreds of buildings that were expropriated during the war and never returned.

On Thursday, the Latvian Parliament gave its final approval to a law that awards 40 million euros, about $46 million, to the Latvian Jewish community “to eliminate the historical unjust consequences” resulting from the Holocaust and activities under Soviet rule, according to a news release after the bill was approved.


A former 19th-century synagogue in the southern Latvian town of Akniste in 2020. It is now a firefighting depot.Credit...Museum Jews in Latvia

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1. "to eliminate the historical unjust consequences" from the Holocaust and activities under Soviet Ru

"Latvian Parliament gave its final approval to a law that awards 40 million euros, about $46 million, to the Latvian Jewish community “to eliminate the historical unjust consequences” resulting from the Holocaust and activities under Soviet rule"