Šķēde

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Šķēde memorial
Šķēde memorial

Šķēde (Shkede) - suburban settlement near Liepāja, Latvia, in Medze parish. Is located on the north border of the city. Šķēde was the biggest dacha cooperative in Latvia in the times of Latvian SSR. One of the Šķēde's notable features are street names, which are called "lines" and numbered from 1 to 18. Typical Šķēde's address looks like: Šķēde 1-15-2. Till 2005 main Liepāja landfill was located near Šķēde.[1] Šķēde also is known because of proximity to Šķēde shooting range (Latvian: Šķēdes poligons), the training center of Latvian army.

Šķēde is known mostly because of Jews holocaust in 1941. In the memory of this event the memorial stone has been installed in the dunes near the Šķēde.


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  1. ^ Kurzemes Vārds, 03.02.2005 (Latvian)
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