In Latvia, the Volksbund estimates that there are around 100,000 war dead from the Second World War in originally around 6,600 grave locations. In addition, there are 210 war cemeteries with around 30,000 fallen soldiers from the First World War.
The German-Latvian War Graves Agreement was concluded on January 24, 1996. The Latvian state has named the “Brüderfriedhöfekomitee” as the official partner of the Volksbund. As early as 1991, a German prisoner of war cemetery was inaugurated in Riga - the first project in which the Volksbund was able to work in the former Soviet Union itself. Since then, the Commission has dedicated war cemeteries of the Second World War in Cesis (Wenden), Dzukste, Riga, Saldus (Frauenburg), Valka (Walk), Daugavpils (Dünaburg), Jelgava (Mitau) and Ogre and restored more than 30 military cemeteries of the First World War with the help of youth camps and the Bundeswehr. With the inauguration of the Riga-Beberbeki Cemetery in September 2007, the Volksbund completed the collective cemeteries of the Second World War that were planned in the federal state planning. The last construction project for the time being was the restoration of the prisoner of war cemetery in Salaspils near Riga. The dead of the Second World War are being reburied in the collective cemeteries of Saldus and Riga-Beberbeki. The cemeteries in Daugavpils and Jelgava have additional burial areas where the war dead from the immediate surrounding area can be buried.
The cemeteries of the First World War continue to be restored with the support of youth camps and local forces.