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Riga Ghetto 1943
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2009/004:001
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Riga Ghetto 1943
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Black and white photograph of the entrance of the Riga Ghetto, in Latvia, showing a barbed-wire fence and sign. The sign, in both German and Latvian, is a warning that people attempting to cross the fence or contact inhabitants of the ghetto will be shot. This photo was taken by a German soldier in 1943 before the liquidation of Riga in December of that year. The sign reads - "Every person that oversteps the fence or tries to get in contact with the Ghetto inmates will be shot at without warning!"
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Riga, Latvia
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1943
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]World War II (1939-1945)
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]photographs, ghettos, discrimination, segregation, exclusion, ghetto conditions
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]photographs
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]photographic emulsion, paper, paper
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- width: 87.00 mm
height: 57.00 mm
[nb-NO]Language[nb-NO]
- German sign: "Every person that oversteps the fence or tries to get in contact with the Ghetto inmates will be shot at without warning!"
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Nelly Illing