Bikernieki forest is Latvia 's biggest mass murder site during The Holocaust of World War II during years 1941 – 44 . There are 55 marked mass burial sites in the forest . About 46,500 people were reported to have been killed there , including Latvian and Western European Jews , Soviet prisoners of war , and Nazis ' political adversaries . The exact number of victims is unknown . Although Soviet Nazi War Crime Research Committee declared over 46,000 murders , later excavations did not confirm this number . The number of victims is speculated to be closer to 30,000
The Holocaust
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Bikernieki Memorial