00:00October 13, 1944. Soldiers of the Red Army enter the suburbs of Riga and within 24 hours reconquer
00:08the former capital of Latvia. The day before, the local SD leaders, Kurt Krauss and Edward Roachman,
00:13had evacuated by sea the last survivors of the ghetto and nearby camps of Salaspils and
00:18Kaiserwald. Of the 80,000 Jews of Riga deported precisely there and then to Stutthof, only very
00:28few will return home after the war. The butcher of Riga, Roachman, will escape to Argentina where he
00:34will lead a quiet anonymous life until the early 1970s when, recognized by a neighbor, he will
00:40attempt to flee to Paraguay, falling victim to a heart attack.
