Herberts Cukurs
Pilot, Military Person
1900 – 1965
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Who was Herberts Cukurs?
Herberts Cukurs was a Latvian aviator. He was a member of the notorious Arajs Kommando and was involved in murders of Latvian Jews as part of the Holocaust but he never stood trial. There are eyewitness accounts linking Cukurs to war crimes. He was assassinated by operatives of the Israeli intelligence service in 1965.
As a result of actions during the Nazi occupation of Latvia from 1941 to 1944, Cukurs became known as the "Butcher of Riga".
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