The Jewish New Year 5781 starts on September 18, 2020 at sunset. This is not the ordinary calendar date. We wait for Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) with the hope...
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Dear visitors!
In light of the Jewish religious holidays, the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum will be closed on 20/09, 28/09, 04/10, 11/10.
Our hours...
We invite you for the opening of a multimedia exhibition “Marc Chagall’s Color Music”, which will be presented at the Riga Ghetto and Latvian...
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We ask for your support of the Riga ghetto and Latvian Holocaust museum, which started its activities in 2010. Now the Riga...
Shamir Publishing House has just published the German version of Max Kaufmann’s book Churbn Lettland. Extermination of Jews in Latvia, in hardcover, with...
We congratulate you on Shavuot holiday – the holiday of the grace of knowledge! We wish you happiness, fruitful endeavors, and faith in a bright...
Shamir Publishing House has published a new book, Recipes of Jewish Cuisine, in German. The core of the book is formed of ancient recipes learnt by Jewish...
Shamir Association and the Riga ghetto and Latvian Holocaust museum in cooperation with the museum “Jews in Daugavpils and Latgale” prepared and issued a...
These two days, 20 and 21 April, are dedicated to the Holocaust remembrance in Israel. Why choose these days and not the 27 January, the date designated by the...
We wish you all the best for the holiday of spring and freedom Pesakh, which symbolizes the liberation of Jews from the Egyptian yoke. During Passover, we...
Obeying orders and instructions of higher authorities, the Riga Ghetto and Holocaust in Latvia Museum (similarly to many public organizations in Latvia, such...
On 17 March at 4:30 p.m., the concert hall Spīķeri will host the event “Films about Holocaust: how do they tell the story?”. Film director Dāvis...
On 26 and 27 January, on the occasion of World Holocaust Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, the Riga Ghetto...
The International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Krakow was preceded by ‘Delegation to Auschwitz 2020’ event, organized by the European Jewish...
The Shamir Association and the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust museum congratulate everyone on Hanukkah – a holiday of light and faith in miracles...
Biedrība “Šamir” paziņo, ka kopš 2019. gada Biedrības “Šamir” un Rīgas Geto un Latvijas Holokausta muzeja oficiālā adrese ir Turgeņeva iela...
On Sunday, November 17, 2019 an exhibition dedicated to the history of the Jewish community of Latvia was held in the Park East Synagogue in New York. The...
During the development of the museum-pedagogical program, archival data on Jews – residents of the First Republic of Latvia were used. During the tour...
Dear visitors!
In light of the Jewish tradition Shabbat, the operating hours of the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum on Fridays will be shortened. The...
In light of the Jewish religious holidays, the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum will be closed on 30/09, 01/10, 09/10, 14/10, 15/10, 21/10 and 22/10...
