ABSTRACT
Žanis Lipke Memorial tells the story of an ordinary Latvian working-class family that was involved in saving Jews from the Riga ghetto during the Second World War. Based on a unique combination of challenging circumstances, the personal charisma of Žanis Lipke and the dedication of his friends and relatives, the story is deeply private, but, at the same time, reflects some crucial turns in twentieth-century European history. Through the concerted effort of a creative team, which consisted of a politician, a script writer, an architect, a designer, an artist and a composer, the story told in the museum has been elevated to a historic, even Biblical significance.
