Viktors Arājs

Male, Deceased Person

1910 – 1988

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Who was Viktors Arājs?

Viktors Arājs was a Latvian collaborator and Nazi SS officer, who took part in the Holocaust during the German occupation of Latvia and Belarus as the leader of the Arājs Kommando. The Arajs Kommando murdered about half of Latvia's Jews.

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Born
Jan 13, 1910
Baldone
Education
  • University of Latvia
Died
Jan 13, 1988
Kassel

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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