History of Riga Jews

This excursion is an acquaintance with the history and fate of Riga Jews on a walk through the monuments of Jewish culture. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Riga developed rapidly, and several buildings were built according to the project of the Jewish architect Mikhail Eisenstein. Nowadays, guests of the city come to see these houses and rejoice in Riga. Many outstanding people of Jewish nationality were born and lived in Riga - cinematographer Sergei Eisenstein, philosopher and politician Yeshayahu Leibovich, Isaiah Berlin, world chess champion Mikhail Tal, photographer Philippe Halsman and many others. During the tour, we will look at the Riga Synagogue (Peytav Shul), the only synagogue that survived in the city during the Second World War. It is also planned to visit the Moscow suburb of Riga, an area whose architecture has preserved many buildings since the time of the Riga ghetto. As well as the memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue and Bikerniek memorials, which recall the mournful history of the Jewish people. In the Riga Ghetto Museum, 70,000 names of Holocaust victims can be read on the symbolic wall.

Services guide, car tourist or luxury class.