This figure may be as high as 1 in 5. However, each of the individuals on this list were viewed as victims of the German Fascists and were remembered as such by the neighbours and family left behind who had the courage to give evidence to the Extraordinary Commission Inquiry. This relates to the original source document and is a finding aid for those searching the original microfilms. Such entries have limited value to the family historian but the entry has been retained to preserve the integrity of the original extraction exercise. The database has relatively few patronymics.
Few entries have a year of birth and in a few cases there is an actual date of birth.
Clearly few neighbours remember information of this sort in any detail and it is not surprising that there are few entries in this category. Male or Female. Many genders are not recorded but can be inferred from the given names of the individual. This database is made up from records that relate to Riga and most individuals are recorded as residing in Riga prior to death. About 15 individuals are recorded as resident in Valmiera without further explanation as to what the precise connection with Riga was.