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Herberts Albert Cukurs (17 May 1900 – 23 February 1965) was a Latvian aviator and Nazi collaborator. He served as the deputy commander of the Arajs Kommando, a collaborationist unit that carried out the largest mass murders of Latvian Jews during the Holocaust.
Aug 1, 2020 · How Israel's intelligence agency plotted to kill Herberts Cukurs, a Latvian Nazi who murdered up to 30,000 Jews. The book by Stephan Talty reveals the true story of the undercover agent who infiltrated Cukurs' circle and his motives.
Sep 14, 2021 · Herbert Cukurs is an officer in the Latvian Air Force and his country's most celebrated pilot. But after the Nazi invasion, he earns the nickname The Hangman of Riga...
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Mar 7, 2015 · 50 years ago today, on March 7 1965, headlines announced that the body of Herberts Cukurs – the "Butcher of Riga" who was involved in the murder of 30,000 Latvian Jews in the Holocaust and...
Aug 10, 2020 · Known as “the Latvian Lindbergh,” Herberts Cukurs was, in the 1930s, a hero in the young country of Latvia for his daring aeronautical exploits, at least one of which suggested that he did not share the original Lindbergh’s attitude towards Jews.
Mar 5, 2010 · Latvian Herbert Cukurs, the Hangman of Riga. By ABRAHAM RABINOVICH. MARCH 5, 2010 19:29. Mossad agents converge on a foreign city with intent to kill. Within hours after their target checks...
Jul 20, 2020 · From Mendel Vulfovich’s testimony: “Herbert Cukurs was one of the main leaders of their [the Jews’] removal from out of the ghetto and to Rumbula, where they were all shot. Herberts Cukurs...
