Jelgava massacres

Jelgava massacres
Location of Jelgava massacres within Latvia
Location	Jelgava, Latvia and vicinity 56°37′29″N 23°44′33″E / 56.62472°N 23.74250°E / 56.62472; 23.74250
Date	Second part of July or early August, 1941
Incident type	Mass shootings
Perpetrators	Rudolf Batz, Rudolf Lange, Alfred Becu, Mārtiņš Vagulāns
Participants	Wilhelm Adelt
Organizations	Einsatzgruppen, Latvian Auxiliary Police, Vagulāns commando
Victims	Separate estimates of 1,500, 1,550, and 2,000 victims have been made.
Survivors	21 survivors were transported to Ilūkste in August 1941
Memorials	In the Jewish cemetery and in the forest where the killing occurred.

The Jelgava massacres were the killing of the Jewish population of the city of Jelgava, Latvia that occurred in the second half of July or in early August 1941. The murders were carried out by German police units under the command of Alfred Becu, with a significant contribution by Latvian auxiliary police organized by Mārtiņš Vagulāns.