History Of Latvia In Pictures

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War criminal – Herbert Cukurs – 1900 – 1965 Cukurs was a Nazi Latvian war criminal. Caught, abducted and executed by Israeli security services. During the occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany 1941, Cukurs became a member of the notorious ”Arajs Kommando”, responsible for many of the crimes in Latvia. A cold blooded woman and child killer; he clearly lived by the sword and died by it too.