Rumbula massacre
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The Rumbula massacre was a mass killing of Latvian and German Jews near Riga in late 1941, one of the largest Holocaust shootings in Eastern Europe.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rumbula massacre canonical | 7 |
| Riga Ghetto massacres | 1 |
| Rumbula Forest massacre | 1 |
| Rumbula shootings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T456872 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Rumbula massacre Context triple: [Einsatzgruppen, perpetrated, Rumbula massacre]
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Babi Yar massacre
The Babi Yar massacre was a mass killing of tens of thousands of Jews and other civilians by Nazi forces near Kyiv in 1941, becoming one of the most infamous atrocities of the Holocaust.
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Treblinka
Treblinka was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland where hundreds of thousands of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
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C.
Belzec
Belzec was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland where hundreds of thousands of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
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D.
Chelmno
Chełmno was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland where mass killings of Jews and other victims were carried out primarily using gas vans during the Holocaust.
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E.
Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest Jewish ghetto established by Nazi Germany during World War II, notorious for its extreme overcrowding, starvation, and the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Rumbula massacre Target entity description: The Rumbula massacre was a mass killing of Latvian and German Jews near Riga in late 1941, one of the largest Holocaust shootings in Eastern Europe.
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A.
Babi Yar massacre
The Babi Yar massacre was a mass killing of tens of thousands of Jews and other civilians by Nazi forces near Kyiv in 1941, becoming one of the most infamous atrocities of the Holocaust.
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B.
Treblinka
Treblinka was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland where hundreds of thousands of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
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C.
Belzec
Belzec was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland where hundreds of thousands of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.
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D.
Chelmno
Chełmno was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland where mass killings of Jews and other victims were carried out primarily using gas vans during the Holocaust.
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E.
Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest Jewish ghetto established by Nazi Germany during World War II, notorious for its extreme overcrowding, starvation, and the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust massacre
ⓘ
crime against humanity ⓘ mass killing ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rumbula massacre
ⓘ
surface form:
Rumbula Forest massacre
Rumbula massacre ⓘ
surface form:
Rumbula shootings
|
| category |
Holocaust shootings in the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Massacres in 1941 ⓘ Massacres of Jews ⓘ Nazi war crimes in Latvia ⓘ |
| commander | Friedrich Jeckeln ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | Rumbula Memorial Day ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| date |
1941-11-30
ⓘ
1941-12-08 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1941-12-08 ⓘ |
| followedBy | liquidation of the Riga Ghetto ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
Rumbula forest
ⓘ
surface form:
Rumbula memorial site
|
| location |
Reichskommissariat Ostland
ⓘ
Rumbula forest ⓘ near Riga ⓘ |
| methodOfKilling |
firearms
ⓘ
mass shooting ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims |
approximately 25000
ⓘ
approximately 28000 ⓘ |
| orderedBy | Nazi leadership in Reichskommissariat Ostland ⓘ |
| organizer | Friedrich Jeckeln ⓘ |
| partOf |
Final Solution
ⓘ
Holocaust ⓘ
surface form:
Holocaust in Eastern Europe
Holocaust in Latvia ⓘ Nazi genocide of the Jews ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Arajs Kommando
ⓘ
Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
surface form:
Einsatzgruppe A
Latvian auxiliary police ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ SS ⓘ |
| plannedBy | Higher SS and Police Leader Friedrich Jeckeln ⓘ |
| precededBy | establishment of the Riga Ghetto ⓘ |
| result | near destruction of the pre-war Jewish community of Riga ⓘ |
| significance |
major step in the extermination of Latvian Jewry
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one of the largest Holocaust mass shootings in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| startDate | 1941-11-30 ⓘ |
| tookPlaceDuring |
German occupation of Latvia
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World War II ⓘ |
| victim |
German Jews
ⓘ
Jews from the Riga Ghetto ⓘ Latvian Jews ⓘ |
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Subject: Rumbula massacre Description of subject: The Rumbula massacre was a mass killing of Latvian and German Jews near Riga in late 1941, one of the largest Holocaust shootings in Eastern Europe.
Referenced by (10)
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