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February 7, 2022
Former KGB headquarters known as The Corner House, where political prisoners would be taken and subject to torture and worse. The city of Riga came under Soviet control in 1940, and the brutal new leaders brought with them the dreaded KGB secret police. Setting up shop in the Corner House, a secretive headquarters in the middle of the city, the KGB began summoning people to uncertain fates within the depths of the building. “Undesirable Elements” could be picked up for crimes as small as having “anti-Soviet conversations” or “instigating panic.” Many of the people captured by the KGB were executed in a killing area in the basement of the Corner House. Still others were crammed into cells with dozens of other prisoners, and made to sweat and go mad with thirst as the basement was kept at around 85 degrees F.
Former KGB headquarters known as The Corner House, where political prisoners would be taken and subject to torture and worse. The city of Riga came under Soviet control in 1940, and the brutal new leaders brought with them the dreaded KGB secret police. Setting up shop in the Corner House, a secret…
Ridhi
December 14, 2016
Historic place to visit.
Hugo
February 20, 2020
A visit to the Corner House will be a revelation to the younger generation about Latvia’s recent past, and also a memorial for those who suffered within these walls.
Gustavs
May 29, 2019
Place where You can see what happened in Latvia during Soviet time (50 years)
Reinis
December 30, 2018
This beautiful building once housed the HQ of the KGB in Latvia. The lower floors are now home to a museum of the KGB in Latvia. The permanent exhibition is free, but a guided tour costs around $10. Well worth it, if you want to see the cells and torture chambers the building hides in its basements.
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