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World War II ended the prominence of the Jewish Community. The Holocaust killed 90% of Latvia's Jewish population. Under Stalin, Jews, who formed only 5% of the population, constituted 12% of the deportees. | World War II ended the prominence of the Jewish Community. The Holocaust killed 90% of Latvia's Jewish population. Under Stalin, Jews, who formed only 5% of the population, constituted 12% of the deportees. | ||
Today's Jewish community traces its roots to survivors of the Holocaust, Jews who fled to the USSR to escape the Nazi invasion and later returned, and Jews newly immigrated to Latvia from the Soviet Union. The Latvian Jewish community today is small but active.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Latvia</ref> | Today's Jewish community traces its roots to survivors of the Holocaust, Jews who fled to the USSR to escape the Nazi invasion and later returned, and Jews newly immigrated to Latvia from the Soviet Union. The Latvian Jewish community today is small but active.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "History of the Jews in Latvia", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Latvia, accessed 16 June 2020.</ref> | ||
==Online Jewish Vital Records== | ==Online Jewish Vital Records== | ||
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[http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Latvia/ JewishGen Latvia Database] is a multiple database search facility. | [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Latvia/ JewishGen Latvia Database] is a multiple database search facility. | ||
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[[Category:Latvia]] | [[Category:Latvia]] | ||
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