A court in Latvia has closed its case against Herberts Cukurs, the “Butcher of Riga” believed to be personally responsible for killing at least 30,000 Latvian Jews during the Holocaust, the ...

Herberts Cukurs, the 'Butcher of Riga,' pictured in 1965. (credit: Wikimedia Commons) “We will insist and demand that the Prosecutor’s Office resume the proceedings, because we have a lot of ...

Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust remembrance center, condemned on Tuesday the decision by the Prosecution Office of the Republic of Latvia to close its case against Herberts Cukurs, the ...

Herberts Cukurs took part in Nazi atrocities against Latvia's Jews - now the country is turning a 'heinous criminal to cultural hero.' Ari Yashar Oct 23, 2014, 6:44 PM (GMT+3) ...

Stymied and frustrated by the impasse in her research, she switched her focus to the 1965 execution by the Mossad in Uruguay of Herberts Cukurs, who had served in a prominent role in the Kommando. ...

Yad Vashem: Attempt to rehabilitate Herberts Cukurs distorts, ignores history Yad Vashem condemns Latvia for closing probe against Nazi collaborator Herberts Cukurs. Israel National News ...

A court in Latvia has closed its case against Herberts Cukurs, the “Butcher of Riga” believed to be personally responsible for killing at least 30,000 Latvian Jews during the Holocaust, the ...