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|hobby = Killing Jews<br>Aviation | |hobby = Killing Jews<br>Aviation | ||
|goals = Eradicate the Jewish population of Latvia | |goals = Eradicate the Jewish population of Latvia | ||
|crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>Mass [[murder]] | |crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Arson]] | ||
|type of villain = Genocidal War Criminal}} | |type of villain = Genocidal War Criminal}} | ||
'''Herberts Cukurs''' (17 May 1900 - 23 February 1965) was a Latvian aviation pioneer and deputy leader of the [[Arajs Kommando]] militia during [[World War II]]. Although he never came to trial, multiple eyewitnesses have linked Cukurs to the mass murder of Latvian Jews during [[The Holocaust]]. He was assassinated by the Israeli Mossad in 1965 in retaliation for his atrocities. His assassination is the subject of the nonfiction book ''The Execution of the Hangman of Riga'', authored by the Mossad agent who killed him. | '''Herberts Cukurs''' (17 May 1900 - 23 February 1965) was a Latvian aviation pioneer and deputy leader of the [[Arajs Kommando]] militia during [[World War II]]. Although he never came to trial, multiple eyewitnesses have linked Cukurs to the mass murder of Latvian Jews during [[The Holocaust]]. He was assassinated by the Israeli Mossad in 1965 in retaliation for his atrocities. His assassination is the subject of the nonfiction book ''The Execution of the Hangman of Riga'', authored by the Mossad agent who killed him. | ||
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[[Category:Fallen Heroes]] | [[Category:Fallen Heroes]] | ||
[[Category:Arsonist]] | |||