The Israeli Embassy honoured nine Latvians as "Righteous Among Nations" for their role in saving Jews during the Holocaust.
Published:
10 February 2000 y., Thursday
They are Olga Krūzmane, Ieva Dzene, Kārlis Pūķis, Elza Pūķe, Žanis Pūķis, Anna Pūķe, Gerhards Šusters, Emilija Šustere and Kārlis Šusters. The latter eight were part of an extended family which hid four escapees from the Riga Ghetto. Nazi authorities discovered the escapees and executed Gerhards Šusters and sent most of the family to a concentration camp, from which only one returned. There are 71 Latvians among the 15,000 or so "Righteous Among Nations."
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