Vike-Freiberga to be patron of monument to World War II hero
President Vaira Vike-Freiberga has assumed patronage over raising of the monument to Zanis Lipke, who sheltered many Jewish families during World War II, President^apostrofs;s Press Department told LETA.
President Vaira Vike-Freiberga has assumed patronage over raising of the monument to Zanis Lipke, who sheltered many Jewish families during World War II, President's Press Department told LETA.
The president yesterday celebrated Hanukkah together with the Latvian Jewish Community.
The president said that there have been many ideas about the monument, and the president believes these ideas must finally be implemented.
The monument will be erected at the Gogola Street Synagogue in Riga. Vike-Freiberga called on all those who support the idea of construction of the monument to support it.
Any nation must try to revive itself after suffering heavy losses, Vike-Freiberga said yesterday. "The Latvian Jewish community suffered great losses during the Holocaust, and we are glad to see that the community is now growing and flourishing again" in the independent Republic of Latvia, and has more and more members from year to year, said Vike-Freiberga.
The community must remember people who risked their lives to protect their compatriots and the idea of humanity on the whole, the president reminded. "These are the principles that we wish to build a new Latvia and new Europe upon," Vike-Freiberga said.
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The president yesterday celebrated Hanukkah together with the Latvian Jewish Community.
The president said that there have been many ideas about the monument, and the president believes these ideas must finally be implemented.
The monument will be erected at the Gogola Street Synagogue in Riga. Vike-Freiberga called on all those who support the idea of construction of the monument to support it.
Any nation must try to revive itself after suffering heavy losses, Vike-Freiberga said yesterday. "The Latvian Jewish community suffered great losses during the Holocaust, and we are glad to see that the community is now growing and flourishing again" in the independent Republic of Latvia, and has more and more members from year to year, said Vike-Freiberga.
The community must remember people who risked their lives to protect their compatriots and the idea of humanity on the whole, the president reminded. "These are the principles that we wish to build a new Latvia and new Europe upon," Vike-Freiberga said.
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