The Museum of the Riga Ghetto opened on Wednesday in the Latvian capital to commemorate the plight of Latvia's Jews during the Nazi occupation of the country during World War II.
The museum is in the eastern district of Riga where the ghetto was located during the war years.
The museum's opening ceremony was attended by the rabbi behind the creation of the museum, Menachem Barkan, Riga Mayor Nils Usakovs and Latvian Culture Minister Ints Dalderis, as well as other officials and foreign diplomats.
Riga was occupied by the Nazis from 1941 to 1944, during which time the country lost 98% of its Jewish population - more than 70,000 people.
Approximately 6 million European Jews were killed by the Nazi German regime during World War II.
RIGA, September 22 (RIA Novosti)
