Monument to the Jews of Liepaja killed during WWII

Preserving and perpetuating the memory of the tragedy of the Jewish people during the Holocaust has always been a priority for the Jewish community.
Since the renewing of the Liepaja Jewish community in 1989, much has been done to perpetuate this memory.
One of the first monuments dedicated to the Jews of Liepaja who perished during the Second World War is located in the Jewish part of the Livas cemetery.
The initiators of the creation of this monument were Peter Meller, Mikhail Švarcman, Ilya Gribelsky, Vladimir Ban, Valery and Sergey Zaharjin. Each member of the community considered it his duty to support that project. In 1993, four years after the revival of the Jewish community in Liepaja, a grand opening of the monument took place. Two Latvian architects developed its project free of charge and the monument was erected and opened in 1993 with donations from patrons and community members. The opening was attended by Holocaust survivors from Israel, guests of honor from the Duma, and members of the community.