Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Da farko, yawancin fararen hula a Riga sun yi maraba da sojojin Jamus masu mamaye. Daga Yuni 1940 zuwa Yuni 1941, gwamnatin Soviet a Latvia ta yi mulkin ta'addanci a kan "masu adawa da Soviet". A Riga kadai, an kama dubban maza, mata da yara, kuma ba a sake ganin mafi yawansu da rai ba. Sakamakon haka, yawancin jama'a sun ɗauki mamayar Jamus a matsayin mafi ƙarancin mugunta. Bugu da kari, jerin sunayen gwamnatin Soviet na tsaftace-tsabtace sun hada da yawan yahudawa a cikin sana'o'in da ake ganin suna iya zama "anti-Soviet" - malamai, masu ilimi, masu shirya ma'aikata da masu shirya Zionist, masu sassaucin ra'ayi da 'yan gurguzu, da kwararrun birane da' yan kasuwa. Ƙungiyar
Yunin 1941 na fitarwa, wanda aka kammala makonni uku kafin mamayewar Jamus, ya aika da Yahudawa 5,000-6,000 na Latvia zuwa Siberian gulags, ciki har da kusan dukkanin jagorancin Yahudawa. A lokacin mamayewar Jamusawa, al'ummar Yahudawa da suka tsira a Latvia suna cikin halin damuwa da rikici; ba kamar sauran al'ummomin Yahudawa da suka shiga ƙarƙashin mulkin Nazi a WWII ba, babu wani shiri ko ƙoƙari na yau da kullun a Latvia don faɗakar da yawan jama'a game da barazanar rayuwa daga 'yan Nazi.