Holocaust Memorial in Rumbula Forest

Holocaust Memorial in Rumbula Forest

Turning into the drive to Rumbula Forest from the busy modern highway with its whooshing cars punctuated by honks and flashing headlights and traffic signals you are immediately met by a great iron archway.  Dark, twisted branches of two bent trees intertwined overhead forming a foreboding gateway that hints at the history of what is ahead.  As you venture further down the memorial drive, the scene gradually drains of color, growing quiet and re…