This project has a strong demographic thrust. It will result in a detailed database of the 20-21,000 Jews living in Riga in the inter-war period and will be accompanied by a historical and sociological narrative, contextualizing the findings in the database.

The work will be carried out over a two-year period by a highly qualified team of experts, headed by Professor Rubin Ferber, Chair of the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia in Riga and other research partners, including Irina Weinberga, a Departmental Head at the Latvian State Historical Archives, also in Riga.

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