Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mauto eGermany anobata akanga agamuchirwa zvakanaka pakutanga navazhinji vavagari vomuRiga. Kubvira muna June 1940 kusvika muna June 1941, hurumende yeSoviet muLatvia yakanga yaita kuti zvinhu zvainzi "zvaipesana neSoviet" zvityisidzirwe. MuRiga moga, zviuru zvavarume, vakadzi navana zvakasungwa, noruzhinji rwazvo rusina kumboonekwa ruchiraramazve. Somugumisiro, ruzhinji rwavagari rwakaona kubatwa kweGermany sechakaipa chiduku. Mukuwedzera, rondedzero huru yehurumende yeSoviet yokuchenesa yaibatanidza chiverengero chakanyanyisa chevaJudha vari mumabasa anoonwa seanogona kuva "anopesana neSoviet" - varabi, vakangwara, varongi vevashandi uye varongi veZionist, vakasununguka uye vezvematongerwe enyika, uye nyanzvi dzomumaguta nevatengesi. Nhamba
June 1941 wave of deportations, iyo yakanga yapedzwa masvondo matatu chete pamberi pekupinda kweGerman, yakatumira maJuda eLatvia anosvika zviuru zvishanu kusvika zviuru zvitanhatu kuenda kuSiberia gulags, kusanganisira chinenge hutungamiriri hwese hwechiJudha. Panguva yekupinda kweGerman, nharaunda yechiJuda yakapona muLatvia yaive mune yekushamisika uye kusagadzikana; kusiyana nemamwe akawanda emunharaunda dzechiJuda akauya pasi pehutongi hweNazi muWWII, pakanga pasina hurongwa kana kuyedza kwakarongeka muLatvia kunyevera vagari vekutyisidzira kwehupenyu kubva kumaNazi.