German forces occupied Riga in early July 1941. Here, war damage to Riga's city hall is evidenced by blackened areas around the building's windows. Riga, Latvia, August 1941. Photograph »

Entrance to the Riga ghetto. Riga, Latvia, 1941-1943. Photograph »

Entrance gate to the Riga ghetto. This photograph was taken from outside the ghetto fence. Riga, Latvia, 1941-1943. Photograph »

A sign, in both German and Latvian, warning that people attempting to cross the fence or to contact inhabitants of the Riga ghetto will be shot. Riga, Latvia, 1941-1943. Photograph »

Deportation of Jews to Riga, Latvia. Bielefeld, Germany, December 13, 1941. Photograph »

Jews in the town of Coesfeld, in northwestern Germany, assembled for deportation to the Riga ghetto. Coesfeld, Germany, December 10, 1941. Photograph »

Jewish families with bundles of belongings during deportation from the Kovno ghetto to Riga in neighboring Latvia. Kovno, Lithuania, 1942. Photograph »

Jews from the Riga ghetto arrive at their forced-labor assignment in the Luftwaffe (German air force) field clothing depot. Riga, Latvia, 1942. Photograph »

Jews from the Riga ghetto on the "Aryan" side of Riga. Some groups of Jews were taken outside the ghetto for forced labor. Riga, Latvia, between 1941 and 1943. Photograph »

A 14-year-old inmate of the Kaiserwald concentration camp near Riga. Latvia, 1943. Photograph »