URI(s)
Variants
- Hangman of Rīga, 1900-1965
- Butcher of Rīga, 1900-1965
- Tsuḳurs, Herberṭs, 1900-1965
- Cukurs, Herberts, 1900-1965
- Cukor, Herbert, 1900-1965
- Cukors, Herbert, 1900-1965
- Butcher of Latvia, 1900-1965
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1900-05-17
Death Date
- 1965-02-23
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Arāja komanda
Descriptor
- War criminals
Birth Place
- Liepāja (Latvia)
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Genocide--Latvia
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Ḥisul ha-talyan me-Rigah, c1997:p. 15, etc. (Herberṭs Tsuḳurs; Herbert Cukurs [in rom.]; b. 17 May 1900; killed 23 Feb. 1965) cover p. 4 (a Latvian pilot; SS member; escaped to Brazil after WWII)
- found: Ļaujiet man runāt!, c2010:t.p. (Herberts Cukurs)
- found: Wikipedia, 29 June 2019(Herberts Cukurs; born 17 May 1900 in Liepāja, Russian Empire; executed 23 February 1965 in Shangrilá, Uruguay; a Latvian aviator and member of the Arajs Kommando, which was involved in the mass murder of Latvian Jews during the Holocaust; he never stood trial, though there are eyewitness accounts linking Cukurs to war crimes; Cukurs was assassinated by operatives of the Israeli intelligence service (Mossad) in 1965; the Mossad agent "Künzle", who killed Cukurs, and the journalist Gad Shimron wrote a book, The Execution of the Hangman of Riga in which they called Cukurs the "Butcher of Riga", and the term was later picked up by several sources) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herberts_Cukurs
- found: Good assassin, 2020:CIP t.p. (Butcher of Latvia) galley (Herbert Cukurs, the Butcher of Riga)
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Change Notes
- 1997-12-23: new
- 2020-09-19: revised
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