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    However, on 23rd February 1965 Herberts Cukurs was murdered in Montevideo, Uruguay. This very controversial murder has been widely discussed in the press for many years. PP-DKU Photo: © via Richard Cukurs After the death of Herberts Cukurs, his son Gunars Curkurs continued the Seabee air taxi operations until 1996, when he retired.
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    Who was Herberts Cukurs?
    50 years ago today, on March 7 1965, headlines announced that the body of Herberts Cukurs – the "Butcher of Riga" who was involved in the murder of 30,000 Latvian Jews in the Holocaust and escaped trial by fleeing to Brazil – had been found inside a crate in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.
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    Was Cukurs a hero?
    Cukurs was, as one survivor later wrote, “full of tremendous contradictions.” Known as “the Latvian Lindbergh,” the aviator had become a household name and national hero in the prewar Baltic state, renowned for his dash and daring. “I actually found myself admiring the prewar Cukurs,” admits Talty.
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    What happened to John Cukurs & how did he die?
    Two decades after World War II, Cukurs was identified in Brazil by a Holocaust survivor, who attempted to alert the authorities after seeing Cukurs' face on the cover of a magazine. Following the discovery, Cukurs was investigated and, in 1965, assassinated by Nazi hunters who were working for Mossad, the national intelligence agency of Israel.
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    Who was 'Butcher of Riga' Herbert Cukurs?
    ‘Butcher of Riga’ Herbert Cukurs was a nationally celebrated aviator prior to joining a killing squad during the Holocaust. (YouTube screenshot) All the while, Cukurs continued to prosper and promote himself.
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    Herberts Albert Cukurs (17 May 1900 – 23 February 1965) was a Latvian aviator and Nazi collaborator. He served as the deputy commander of the Arajs Kommando, a collaborationist unit that carried out the largest mass murders of Latvian Jews during the Holocaust. Although Cukurs never stood trial, the accounts of … See more

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    Aviation career (1930s–1941)
    As a pioneering long-distance pilot, Cukurs won national acclaim for his international solo flights in the 1930s (Latvia-Gambia and Riga-Tokyo). He… See more

    Exoneration by right-wing Latvian nationalists
    The American-born Israeli historian and Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff has pointed out that the fact Cukurs … See more

    On 18 November 1937, Cukurs was awarded the Order of the… See more

    Cukurs had a daughter, Antinea Dolores, in marriage named Antinea Dolores Cukurs Rizzotto. Her granddaughter, Cukurs' great-granddaughter, is Latvian-Brazilian… See more

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    • Eglitis, Daina S; Kelso, Michelle (2019). "Ghost heroes: Forgetting and remembering in national narratives of the past". Acta Sociologica. 62 (3): 270–283. ISSN 0001-6993. See more

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