From left at the foreground, Speaker of the Latvian Parliament Inara Murniece, Latvian President Egils Levits and Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins attend a flower-laying ceremony at the Memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue during the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews, in Riga, Latvia. The event took place at the memorial site of the Choral Synagogue in Riga which was burned to the ground while the victims were locked inside on the 4th of July in 1941. This date marked the beginning of the Holocaust in the territory of Latvia, and since 1990 has been dedicated to remembrance of all the Jews that were killed in the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Latvia.

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Representatives of the Russian Union of Latvia lay flowers to the Memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue marking the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews, in Riga, Latvia. The event took place at the memorial site of the Choral Synagogue in Riga which was burned to the ground while the victims were locked inside on the 4th of July in 1941. This date marked the beginning of the Holocaust in the territory of Latvia, and since 1990 has been dedicated to remembrance of all the Jews that were killed in the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Latvia.

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Latvian President Egils Levits attends a flower-laying ceremony at the Memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue during the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews, in Riga, Latvia. The event took place at the memorial site of the Choral Synagogue in Riga which was burned to the ground while the victims were locked inside on the 4th of July in 1941. This date marked the beginning of the Holocaust in the territory of Latvia, and since 1990 has been dedicated to remembrance of all the Jews that were killed in the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Latvia.

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Diplomats attend a flower-laying ceremony at the Memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue during the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews, in Riga, Latvia. The event took place at the memorial site of the Choral Synagogue in Riga which was burned to the ground while the victims were locked inside on the 4th of July in 1941. This date marked the beginning of the Holocaust in the territory of Latvia, and since 1990 has been dedicated to remembrance of all the Jews that were killed in the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Latvia.

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Latvian President Egils Levits attends a flower-laying ceremony at the Memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue during the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews, in Riga, Latvia. The event took place at the memorial site of the Choral Synagogue in Riga which was burned to the ground while the victims were locked inside on the 4th of July in 1941. This date marked the beginning of the Holocaust in the territory of Latvia, and since 1990 has been dedicated to remembrance of all the Jews that were killed in the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Latvia.

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Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins attends a flower-laying ceremony at the Memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue during the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews, in Riga, Latvia. The event took place at the memorial site of the Choral Synagogue in Riga which was burned to the ground while the victims were locked inside on the 4th of July in 1941. This date marked the beginning of the Holocaust in the territory of Latvia, and since 1990 has been dedicated to remembrance of all the Jews that were killed in the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Latvia.

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Representatives of the Jewish community of Latvia are seen near the Memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue during the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews, in Riga, Latvia. The event took place at the memorial site of the Choral Synagogue in Riga which was burned to the ground while the victims were locked inside on the 4th of July in 1941. This date marked the beginning of the Holocaust in the territory of Latvia, and since 1990 has been dedicated to remembrance of all the Jews that were killed in the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Latvia.

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From left, Latvian Defence Minister Artis Pabriks, Interior Minister Marija Golubeva and Deputy Chairman of the Riga City Council Edwards Smiltens attend a flower-laying ceremony at the Memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue during the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews, in Riga, Latvia. The event took place at the memorial site of the Choral Synagogue in Riga which was burned to the ground while the victims were locked inside on the 4th of July in 1941. This date marked the beginning of the Holocaust in the territory of Latvia, and since 1990 has been dedicated to remembrance of all the Jews that were killed in the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Latvia.

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Deputy Chairman of the Riga City Council Edward Smiltens, left, and former mayor of Riga Oleg Burov speak near the Memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue during the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews, in Riga, Latvia. The event took place at the memorial site of the Choral Synagogue in Riga which was burned to the ground while the victims were locked inside on the 4th of July in 1941. This date marked the beginning of the Holocaust in the territory of Latvia, and since 1990 has been dedicated to remembrance of all the Jews that were killed in the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Latvia.

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People lay flowers to the Memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue during the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews, in Riga, Latvia. The event took place at the memorial site of the Choral Synagogue in Riga which was burned to the ground while the victims were locked inside on the 4th of July in 1941. This date marked the beginning of the Holocaust in the territory of Latvia, and since 1990 has been dedicated to remembrance of all the Jews that were killed in the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Latvia.

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An elderly woman lays flowers to the Memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue during the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews, in Riga, Latvia. The event took place at the memorial site of the Choral Synagogue in Riga which was burned to the ground while the victims were locked inside on the 4th of July in 1941. This date marked the beginning of the Holocaust in the territory of Latvia, and since 1990 has been dedicated to remembrance of all the Jews that were killed in the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Latvia.

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Flowers are laid to the Memorial of the Great Choral Synagogue during the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews, in Riga, Latvia. The event took place at the memorial site of the Choral Synagogue in Riga which was burned to the ground while the victims were locked inside on the 4th of July in 1941. This date marked the beginning of the Holocaust in the territory of Latvia, and since 1990 has been dedicated to remembrance of all the Jews that were killed in the Holocaust during the Nazi German occupation of Latvia.

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