The final solution in Riga : exploitation and annihilation 1941 1944 Latvia caught between two dictatorships Operation Barbarossa : preparations for the German attack on the Soviet Union From the pogroms to the establishment of the ghetto Securing German rule in occupied Riga : the period of the large ghetto for Latvian Jews Murder on a massive scale : the murder of the ghettos Latvian Jews In search of territories for the final solution : the road to Riga as a final destination for deportations Plans for the Salaspils Camp The deportation of German Jews to Riga The Salaspils Camp : a detention center with many functions German Jews build Salaspils : December 1941 August 1942 Excursus 1. SS Major Rudolf Lange and the Wannsee Conference The Latvian labor market and the compulsory deployment of Jews in Riga The utilization of Jewish assets and the issue of ghetto administration Ghetto life and forced labor in Riga in spring 1942 The turning point : Operation Dünamünde at Jungfernhof and in the ghetto for Reich Jews Forced labor and annihilation in County Commissariat Riga City Failed resistance : the Tin Square Operation October 1942 Annihilation instead of forced labor: Himmlers struggle against production constraints and armaments interests in General Commissariat Latvia Concentration Camp Kaiserwald and the barrackings Excursus 2. SS Second Lieutenant Fritz Scherwitz the commander at Lenta : a biographical sketch The decommissioning of Concentration Camp Kaiserwald evacuation and liberation A new start and the search for justice Conclusion Glossary Organizational chart Table of ranks Biographical appendix