Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mauto eGermany anotora pakutanga akagamuchirwa zvakanaka nevazhinji vevagari muRiga. 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. Kuendeswa kune dzimwe nyika kwakaitika muna June 1941
, iyo yakanga yapedzwa masvondo matatu bedzi pamberi pokupinda kweGermany, yakatumira vaJudha veLatvia vanenge 5.000-6.000 kumisasa yeSiberia, kusanganisira zvinenge hutungamiri hwose 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.