| LC control no. | nr 97045417 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cukurs, Herbert, 1900-1965 |
| Variant(s) | 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 |
| Associated place | Rīga (Latvia) Brazil |
| Birth date | 1900-05-17 |
| Death date | 1965-02-23 |
| Place of birth | Liepāja (Latvia) |
| Place of death | Uruguay |
| Field of activity | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Genocide--Latvia Crimes against humanity Mass murder |
| Affiliation | Arāja komanda |
| Found in | 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) Ļaujiet man runāt!, c2010: t.p. (Herberts Cukurs) 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> Good assassin, 2020: CIP t.p. (Butcher of Latvia) galley (Herbert Cukurs, the Butcher of Riga) |
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