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"Today, Latvia stands before the victims of the Holocaust.We look at the painful past to keep it in mind as we build our common future," said the President. Raimonds Vējonis on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, with the participation in the commemoration of the victims of the Jewish genocide on Gogoļa Street, burned on July 4, 1941 Riga Jewish Major Synagogue.The President noted that no figure could express what The Latvian state and society lost during the destruction of most of the Jewish community during the Second World War, informed the Presidential Chancellery .One of them is the 4 July, the date of the death of the first victims in 1941 in the burnt synagogue, thus marking the road of the mbadacre of forests of Biķernieki and Rumbula ", declared the president
. Conflicts and hostilities take place in near and far regions. In society and in the public space, the soil leads to xenophobia, hatred and intolerance to everything else. Raimonds Vejonis
On the other hand, Ināra Mūrniece (National Unity), President of the Saeima, reminded the Holocaust as a historical warning that it can lead to intolerance, l & rsquo; # 39; badault. , hatred and racism, informed the Saeima press service.
"For us, this historic warning must be put into practice in our daily lives, creating a better future for Europe for future generations," says Murniece
"In this Latvian story, the crimes the most terrible are without justification or limitation.The Holocaust is the tragedy of all humanity.All lost: we lost our fellow citizens, our country – our faithful citizens.I want to confirm that the Jews were, are and will be a significant part of Latvian society.We have a lot of common and unity, "said Mūrniece.
Mūrniece stressed that our task is to never prevent the recurrence of such a tragedy. The best cure for this cruel is knowledge and education. In particular, the younger generation must know that in a difficult period, it can make the right humanistic choice, said Saeima Speaker
July 4, Latvia is the day of commemoration of the victims of the genocide of the Jewish people. On July 4, 1941, after orders from the Nazi occupation authorities, the Great Gloria Synagogue in Riga, Gogola Street and four other Jewish churches in the capital were set on fire.
