Established and opened in 2010 by the Shamir religious community with assistance from the Riga City Council, the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum is located in the district of Spīķeri, close to its border with Latgale district, the site of the former Jewish ghetto.

Immediately noticeable upon approaching the site is the reconstruction of the ghetto's barbed wire fencing and cobbled stone streets. Next to this is a memorial wall, inscribed with the names of close to 70,000 Jewish casualties, both native and foreign, who perished in Latvia during World War II. The railway carriage in the middle of the courtyard is labeled with the many locations across Europe from where victims were transported to Riga.

Further along the courtyard, the memorial wall showcases eerie photos of murdered Latvian Jews and the Riga Ghetto.…