Salaspils Memorial Ensemble Memorialinis vieta
Salaspils Memorial and historical exhibit is located in Salaspils municipality, 1.2 km from the Riga-Daugavpils A6 highway. The Salaspils Memorial was unveiled in 1967 on the site where during World War II the Salaspils Camp was once located. It is a place that was used for Soviet propaganda and is shrouded in myths and half-truths. It is a good representation of the Nazi crimes and Communist ideology that was carried out during each of the occupations. This repressive camp was a part of the German penitentiary system. It had similarities with concentration camps, but it was not the same thing. It was created so that there would not be a disproportionate number of prisoners in Riga prisons. This camp was an “extension of the police prison”. And a variety of people were imprisoned here – Jews, the Red Army prisoners of war, absentees, political prisoners, criminals, prostitutes, members of the Latvian resistance movement, Baltic soldiers in the German Army or police, and others. The camp could hold up to 2,200 prisoners. The main cause of death (~2000) was malnutrition, working conditions, corporal punishment and illness.
Panaudoti šaltiniai ir literatūra:
Kangers, K., Neiburgs, U. ,, Vīksna, R. There is only land behind this gate. Salaspils camp: 1941-1944. Riga: Latvian media, 2016.
Čunka, J. Historians: Salaspils camp cannot be called a concentration camp; the data on the victims were exaggerated. Lsm.lv. Available: https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/dzive--stils/vesture/vesturnieki-salaspils-nometni-nevar-saukt-par-koncentracijas-dati-par-upuriem-bija-parspileti.a166227/ [accessed 9.06 .2021.].
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Apie Salaspilio memorialą kaip sovietinio okupacinio režimo ideologijos simbolį.
Aprašyme vaizdingai aprašomas memorialo politizavimo mastas ir jo vaidmuo Sovietų Sąjungos ideologijoje. Tekste minima, kad vienas pagrindinių tikslų – kova su „fašizmo atgimimu“. Tai rodo, kad ir toliau stengiamasi sukurti ideologinę infrastruktūrą, siekiant nuslėpti komunistų nusikaltimus ir užkirsti kelią skirtingoms nuomonėms. Atminimo ženklai, sovietų armijos kapinės ir muziejai, įvairūs kultūriniai renginiai palaikė „Latvijos išlaisvinimo“ ir „broliškos Sovietų Sąjungos“ mitą. Nacių nusikaltimų faktai buvo panaudoti kuriant apverstą Antrojo pasaulinio karo įvykių vaizdą Latvijoje.