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Actions Displays	Ghetto Riga 1943 Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM1999/008:001 TitleGhetto Riga 1943 DescriptionPhoto of the entrance to the Riga Ghetto in Latvia with sign in German and Latvian, warning that people attempting to cross the fence or contact inhabitants of the Riga Ghetto will be shot. The photograph, taken by a German soldier in 1943, reads: "Every person that oversteps the fence or tries to get in contact with the Ghetto inmates will be shot at without warning." Production placeRiga, Latvia Production date 1943 Production periodWorld War II (1939-1945) Subjectethnic neighbourhoods, discrimination, segregation, exclusion Object namephotographs Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper Techniqueprinted Dimensions width: 171.00 mm height: 117.00 mm Language German sign: "Every person that oversteps the fence or tries to get in contact with the Ghetto inmates will be shot at without warning!" Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Illing

Object numberM1999/008:001

TitleGhetto Riga 1943

DescriptionPhoto of the entrance to the Riga Ghetto in Latvia with sign in German and Latvian, warning that people attempting to cross the fence or contact inhabitants of the Riga Ghetto will be shot. The photograph, taken by a German soldier in 1943, reads: "Every person that oversteps the fence or tries to get in contact with the Ghetto inmates will be shot at without warning."

Production placeRiga, Latvia

Production date 1943

Production periodWorld War II (1939-1945)

Subjectethnic neighbourhoods, discrimination, segregation, exclusion

Object namephotographs

Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper

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Language

Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Illing

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