Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Herberts Cukurs (May 17, 1900, in Liepāja, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire – February 23, 1965, in Montevideo, Uruguay) was a Latvian aviator. He was a member of the notorious Arajs Kommando and was involved in murders of Latvian Jews as part of the Holocaust but he never stood trial. There are eyewitness accounts linking Cukurs to war crimes. He was assassinated by Mossad agents in 1965.As a result of actions during the Nazi occupation of Latvia from 1941 to 1944, Cukurs became known as the "Butcher of Riga".. }
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- Herberts_Cukurs abstract "Herberts Cukurs (May 17, 1900, in Liepāja, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire – February 23, 1965, in Montevideo, Uruguay) was a Latvian aviator. He was a member of the notorious Arajs Kommando and was involved in murders of Latvian Jews as part of the Holocaust but he never stood trial. There are eyewitness accounts linking Cukurs to war crimes. He was assassinated by Mossad agents in 1965.As a result of actions during the Nazi occupation of Latvia from 1941 to 1944, Cukurs became known as the "Butcher of Riga".".