Salispils Concentration Camp

INTRODUCTION

Salispils concentration camp (also called Kurtenhof) was located amidst a pine forest, 40 km southeast of Riga. The memorial at the site includes the imposing and moving statues, The Mother, The Humiliated, The Unbroken, and Solidarity as well as a small museum about life in the camp.

One can reach Salispils by train from Riga. Get off at Darzini, and then walk 15 minutes on the path through the pine forest to Salispils.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Photos of Salispils Memorial
The statues are entitled The Mother, the Humiliated, The Unbroken, and Solidarity.
Young people visit Salispils and take photos - Joey Eakens
http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Latvia/Riga/blog-57290.html

Close-Up Photo
A close-up photo of one of the statues at the Salispils Memorial
http://www.worldofstock.com/closeups/AAB1484.php

Salispils Memorial Photos - Patricia Tourist Office
http://picasaweb.google.com/latviaphotos/SalispilsSovietMemorial?authkey=389uZq23ttM

Additional Photos of Salispils Statues
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/85571/

RELATED PAGES

The Holocaust in Latvia - Riga Ghetto

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