Tuesday 23 October 2012

Zanis Lipke Memorial Museum, Latvia






Zanis Lipke Memorial Museum, Riga, Latvia

The Zanis Lipke Memorial Museum, is a rennovation by Zaigas Gailes Birojs of a bulding on the site of the original woodshed where Zanis and Johanna Lipke hid more than fifty jews during the nazi occupation of Latvia during World War 2. The museum presents an experience, with visitors being taken on a journey throught the space. The building is reminiscent of the barns typical to the area, 

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