What Riga Ghetto Survivors Recall about Herberts Cukurs, Now “Hero” of New Show

musical "Cukurs.Herberts Cukurs" foto http://www.vesti.ru/

musical “Cukurs.Herberts Cukurs”
foto http://www.vesti.ru/

Herberts Cukurs (1900-1965) had been an officer and a famous aviator in Latvian Republic (1918-1940). After Nazi Germany’s 1941 occupation of Latvia, he became a significant figure in the infamous Arājs Kommando (or Sonderkommando Arajs), a notorious killing unit during the Latvian Holocaust.

An article by Alexandrs Feigmanis:

http://defendinghistory.com/riga-ghetto-survivors-herberts-cukurs-hero-2014-show/68385

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