Bidspirit auction | (HOLOCAUST). Latvijas 1940. g. Telefona

(HOLOCAUST). Latvijas 1940. g. Telefona Abonentu Saraksts [“Telephone Subscriber List in Latvia.”] Text in Latvian. With sections on cities and town throughout the country. Names, addresses and phone numbers of residential and commercial concerns. Numerous ads. pp. (578). Original printed wrappers, discolored and worn. Lg. 4to. No copy recorded in OCLC. Riga: 1940 An absolutely essential tool for genealogical research, especially for the era of the Holocaust. As part of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, independent Latvia came under the Soviet sphere of influence. When in the summer of 1941 Germany over-ran the country Latvia became a part of the “Reich Kommissariat Ostland.” Persecution against Latvia’s Jews was immediate, assisted by Latvian collaborationists. It is estimated that by the end of the war, 95% of Latvia’s Jewish population had been murdered.