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political, intellectual and religious life, the legal status of Jews as well as their participation in various historical events in Latvia. The third hall is devoted to the tragic events of the
Holocaust on Latvian territory. A special chapter is devoted to the honourable deeds of those Latvian citizens who rescued Jews from nearly complete extermination.
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until the year 1918, Jews in Latvia in the years 1918 ā 1941 and Jews in Nazi-occupied Latvia. The exhibition opens with the early period of
Latvian Jewish history ā from the arrival of Jews on Latvian territory in the 16th century until the 19th century. The exhibition speaks about social, economic,
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in 1989. In the beginning, the museum acted as a centre of documentation, but in 1996 the first small, permanent exhibition was organised. Currently, the museum is located in three halls, showcasing the history of
Latvian Jews from the 16th century until 1945. Lectures, educational programmes and
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The collection of the museum āJews in Latviaā is the foundation on which the museum bases its organisation of exhibitions and research. Currently, the museum has around 14,000 items. Of these items, more than 5,000 make up the main stock, which is included in the
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the building served as a place of political education: various ideological events, as well as congresses of the
Communist Party, were held there. The building was given back to the Jewish community in the early 1990s. Currently, the building is a state-protected architectural monument.
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museums. The collection consists of documents, photos, books and objects. A collection of memoirs from the 19th-20th century, a plentiful collection of family photos and materials of various Jewish organisations in the interwar period are to be noted separately.
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The museum is located in the building of the Riga Jewish community, a historical building which was once a Jewish club and theatre. It was built in the years 1913-1914 by the architects
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