Yad Vashem condemns Latvia's closure of Herberts Cukurs case

Yad Vashem: Attempt to rehabilitate Herberts Cukurs distorts, ignores history

Yad Vashem condemns Latvia for closing probe against Nazi collaborator Herberts Cukurs.

Yad Vashem condemns Latvia's closure of Herberts Cukurs case

Yad Vashem also denounced the "repeated attempts to rehabilitate Cukurs's image in Latvia by distorting and ignoring historical truth."

Latvia closes case against 'butcher of Riga,' tied to mass murder of Jews during Holocaust

Sixty years after the Mossad assassinated Herberts Cukurs, Latvian prosecutors ruled evidence – including testimonies from Holocaust survivors – was insufficient for prosecution. An Israeli-Latvian historian said that Latvian extremists saw an opportunity and revealed Israel had ignored requests for testimonies