The Saeima (the Latvian Parliament) yesterday forwarded several draft bills to committees proposing the restitution of five formerly Jewish-owned properties to the Council of Jewish Communities of Latvia.

These sites, which were owned by the community until World War II are: a former Jewish school at 2 Abrenes Street in Riga, a former Jewish religious school at 12 Ernesta Birznieka-Upisa Street in Riga, a former Jewish nursing home at 25 Ludzas Street in Riga, a former synagogue at 13 Klavu Street in Jurmala, and another former synagogue at 31 Liela Street in Kandava.

These properties are to be returned in order to mitigate the suffering Latvia's Jewish communities underwent during World War II. Concentration camps were located at Kaiserwald, near Mezaparks in Riga, and at Salaspils, also close to the Latvian capital

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