ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This web site has grown from 9 pages of text in 2002 to become larger, richer in content and better known due to the assistance of many. We are grateful for the support and participation of our friends and colleagues.

SPECIAL APPRECIATION - MICHAEL GENCHIK Z'll

A special thank you to Michael (Mordcha) Genchik (1923-2005), of blessed memory. He found this site during its first month of existence in 2002 and for the next three years until his passing he encouraged its growth and development. Among other things he assisted with content, promoted www.Rumbula.org and connected us with the Jewish Survivors of Latvia Association (JSLA) with which we have had a long association.

Mordcha Genchik had intense personal connections to Rumbula Forest, for unfortunately he lost 7 members of his family there. For 20 years after the war he then maintained what had become the cemetery of nearly 25,000 as an officer in the Russian Army. May his memory be for a blessing. See: Memoirs , Genchik Family Photo In 1929, Answers Questions About Rumbula.

PERMISSION TO USE THEIR WORK

These individuals and organizations have kindly provided permission to use their written works and/or photographs. We appreciate their generosity.

Prof. Andrew Ezergailis, Prof. of History (retired) Ithaca College
author of The Holocaust in Latvia 1941-1944
Published by the Historical Institute of Latvia and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Alfred Winter's family
Alfred Winter, Z'll, is author of Riga Ghetto and Continuance

Association of Latvian and Estonian Jews
Archival Photos and Etzleinu Newsletters

Edward Anders
Skede Photos
Names of heroes who saved Jews in Liepaja (Libau), Latvia

Jack Ratz
Author of Endless Miracles

Shamir, Religious Community of Latvia, Rabbi Menacham Barkahan
Excerpts from books published by Shamir

Yad Vashem
Names of heroes who saved Jews in Latvia

PROVIDERS OF ORIGINAL CONTENT

These organizations and individuals have generously provided original content that appears only at this site:

Association of Latvian and Estonian Jews in Israel - Elie Valk, Chairman - Contents of article about the Dedication of the Saviors Monument in Riga

Michael Genchik - Memoirs, Family Photo and Interview

Alex Gertsmark - History of the Soviet Era Rumbula Marker

Jewish Community of Latvia - Gita Umanovska, Executive Director - Photo and Virtual Tour of the Dedication of the Saviors Monument in Riga

Jewish Survivors of Latvia

Steven Springfield, President - Organization Information
Ivar Brod - Article about Alexandra Dagarova-Noim and Photo

Judaic Studies Center, University of Latvia - Riga - Photos of the 2002 Dedication Ceremony of the Rumbula Memorial

Michael Kors - Interview with Michael Kors

Latvias Diologi - Marcis Skadmanis - 2006 Rumbula Commemoration Photos (virtual tour), 2006 Hanukkah Celebration Photos (virtual tour)

Eugene Levin - The Holocaust in Akniste and Photos of Akniste

Charlotte Oppferman - Memoirs of Correspondence with a Friend in the Riga Ghetto

Cheri Pugh - Interview with Michael Kors

ORGANIZATIONS THAT LINK TO THIS SITE

We thank these organizations, and others, for bringing this site to more people worldwide by linking to it from their websites.

Crimes Against Humanity - Latvian Site
http://vip.latnet.lv/LPRA/holocaust.html

Daugavpils.eu (city in Latvia formerly called Dvinsk)
www.daugavpils.eu

DeathCamps.org
http://www.death-camps.org/occupation/riga%20ghetto.html

Die Prasidenten (web site of film about Jewish Latvia survivor group presidents in U.S. and Germany)
http://www.die-praesidenten.com/directory.html

Google Directory - Holocaust/Education
http://www.google.com/Top/Society/History/By_Time_Period/Twentieth_Century/Holocaust/Education/

Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Latvia in Florida
http://www.latvia-florida.org/whats_new.html

The Jewish Agency for Israel
http://www.jafi.org.il/education/diaspora/links/shoah.asp?startcatid=15

JewishGen.org Jewish Genealogy portal - Latvia Special Interest Group
http://www.jewishgen.org/latvia/Helpful_Links.html

Jewish Virtual Library
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Latvia.html

Midwest Center for Holocaust Education - Liepaja in Einsatzgruppen Bibliography
http://www.mchekc.org/PDF%20Files/Bibliographies/Einsatzgruppen%20Bibliography.pdf

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Holocaust Conference Program 2006 - July 4, 2006 Listing
www.lato.lv/upload_file/projekti/Holokausta%20konf/conference%20programme%20(g).doc

Netherlands Holocaust Web Site Zon Webgids
http://zoek.versatel.nl/odp/index.cgi?/Society/History/By_Time_Period/Twentieth_Century/Holocaust/Education/

Remember.org - Riga Ghetto
http://www.remember.org/1/holocaust-ghetto.html

A Story of a Soldier and Survivor - Michael Genchik
www.genchikFamily.com

University of Latvia, Judaic Studies Center
http://www.lu.lv/studiju-centri/jsc/saites.html

U.S. Commission for the Preservation of American Heritage Abroad
(a funder of the 2002 memorial erected at Rumbula Forest in Latvia)
http://www.heritageabroad.gov/projects/latvia1.html

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - Washington, D.C.
http://www.ushmm.org/research/library/weblinks/index.php?content=jewish_cemeteries

Wikipedia - Rumbula and other pages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumbula

Yahoo Groups - Links
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sidlin/links

PRESS COVERAGE

We thank these publications, reporters and editors for their coverage of the Rumbula Web Site, making it accessible to more people.

Jerusalem Post, July 15, 2004 and December 19, 2002
Schelly Talalay Dardashti

Chicago JUF News, September 2003
Aaron Cohen

Latvian Jewish Courier - Jewish Survivors of Latvia, Spring 2005
Linda Feigelson

RUMBULA.ORG IN FILM

Thank you to producer-director Jasmine Abineri of the United Kingdom for creating Time in Silence, a fictional film about a survivor and Rumbula Forest, shown at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. View the film now (requires broadband/DSL Internet connection).

PAPERS AND PUBLIC SPEECHES RELATED TO THIS SITE

These organizations have provided a forum for educational papers and speeches regarding www.Rumbula.org.

International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies
24h International Conference on Jewish Genealogy - 2004
Genealogy Surprise from Latvia
Jerusalem, Israel July 2004

The Center for Judaic Studies - University of Latvia, and other Sponsors
Jews in A Changing World Conference - 2006 [Conference Program - English Version]
Latvian and Baltic Jews at the Crossroads of European History
The Holocaust in Latvia and the Internet
Riga, Latvia September 2006

AWARDS

Award of Excellence - Web Site Category
The Communicator Awards - 2004

We appreciate this recognition, which we view as recognition of the 25,000 who perished at Rumbula Forest and of others who died in the Holocaust in Latvia. May their memory be for a blessing.

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