Belarus as the leader of the Arajs Kommando. The Arajs Kommando murdered about half of Latvia's Jews. Viktors Bernhard Arājs was born on 13 January 1910...
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The Arajs Kommando (also: Sonderkommando Arajs; Latvian: Arāja komanda), led by SS commander and Nazi collaborator Viktors Arājs, was a unit of Latvian...
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The Holocaust in Latvia (section Arajs Kommando formed)
assistants of Viktors Arājs included Konstantīns Kaķis, Alfrēds Dikmanis, Boris Kinsler and Herberts Cukurs. On the night of July 3, Arājs Kommando started...
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surname include: Ronalds Arājs (born 1987), Latvian athlete Oskars Arājs (born 1990), Latvian handball player Viktors Arājs (1910–1988), Latvian collaborator...
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as the Arajs Kommando, that the Germans had organised to carry out massacres in the smaller cities. According to one historian, Viktors Arājs was "held...
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goldsmith. 351 members of the Arajs Kommando were prosecuted by the Soviets, with 30 of them being executed. Viktors Arājs evaded justice for many years...
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collaborationist militia (Schutzmannschaft) was present for much of the time. Viktors Arajs, who was drunk, worked very close to the pits supervising the Latvian...
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Viktors is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English given name Victor and may refer to: Viktors Arājs (1910–1988), Latvian collaborator...
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early Nazi collaborators under the leadership of Lettonia member Viktors Arājs. Arājs set up Nazi recruitment tables in front of the Lettonia headquarters...
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Haussmann Felix Landau Heinz Schubert Albert Widmann Collaborators Viktors Arājs Herberts Cukurs Antanas Impulevičius Konrāds Kalējs Algirdas Klimaitis...
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Rollkommando Hamann Collaborators Individuals Viktors Arājs Herberts Cukurs Kārlis Lobe Organizations Arajs Kommando Latvian Auxiliary Police Schutzmannschaft...
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be cut by 50%,: 56 they quickly located Viktors Arājs who was leading a unit that became known as the Arajs Kommando. It became infamous for its actions...
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Leopold Schlesinger, who testified in the trial in West Germany of Viktors Arajs in the late 1970s, almost 35 years later. Schlesinger in turn appears...
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Herberts Cukurs (category Arajs Kommando personnel)
at the scene of the Rumbula massacre. Ezergailis states that "although Arājs' men were not the only ones on the ghetto end of the operation, to the degree...
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Søren Kam Carl Værnet Estonian Aleksander Laak Karl Linnas Latvian Viktors Arājs Herberts Cukurs Other nationalities Tscherim Soobzokov (Circassian)...
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Søren Kam Carl Værnet Estonian Aleksander Laak Karl Linnas Latvian Viktors Arājs Herberts Cukurs Other nationalities Tscherim Soobzokov (Circassian)...
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Haussmann Felix Landau Heinz Schubert Albert Widmann Collaborators Viktors Arājs Herberts Cukurs Antanas Impulevičius Konrāds Kalējs Algirdas Klimaitis...
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nationalist Viktors Arājs and his supporters undertook a campaign of arson against synagogues. On 2 July, Einsatzgruppe A commander Stahlecker appointed Arājs to...
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Haussmann Felix Landau Heinz Schubert Albert Widmann Collaborators Viktors Arājs Herberts Cukurs Antanas Impulevičius Konrāds Kalējs Algirdas Klimaitis...
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Rollkommando Hamann Collaborators Individuals Viktors Arājs Herberts Cukurs Kārlis Lobe Organizations Arajs Kommando Latvian Auxiliary Police Schutzmannschaft...
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repatriations, with many being imprisoned while some killed as a result. Viktors Arājs, who was the leader of the eponymous commando unit which helped the...
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Haussmann Felix Landau Heinz Schubert Albert Widmann Collaborators Viktors Arājs Herberts Cukurs Antanas Impulevičius Konrāds Kalējs Algirdas Klimaitis...
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Rollkommando Hamann Collaborators Individuals Viktors Arājs Herberts Cukurs Kārlis Lobe Organizations Arajs Kommando Latvian Auxiliary Police Schutzmannschaft...
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Søren Kam Carl Værnet Estonian Aleksander Laak Karl Linnas Latvian Viktors Arājs Herberts Cukurs Other nationalities Tscherim Soobzokov (Circassian)...
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Rollkommando Hamann Collaborators Individuals Viktors Arājs Herberts Cukurs Kārlis Lobe Organizations Arajs Kommando Latvian Auxiliary Police Schutzmannschaft...
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Rollkommando Hamann Collaborators Individuals Viktors Arājs Herberts Cukurs Kārlis Lobe Organizations Arajs Kommando Latvian Auxiliary Police Schutzmannschaft...
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