Višķi
Appearance
Višķi | |
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Coordinates: 56°3′12″N 26°46′59″E / 56.05333°N 26.78306°E | |
Country | Latvia |
Municipality | Augšdaugava |
Parish | Višķi |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 251 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Višķi (Latgalian:Vyški, Yiddish: ווישקי Vishki) is a village in Višķi Parish, Augšdaugava Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.
History
[edit]Until the 1930s Višķi was a shtetl, where the majority of the inhabitants were Jewish.[1] During World War II, from 1941 to 1942, hundreds of Jews were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by Einsatzgruppen in the surroundings and in the Daugavpils Ghetto.[2]
People
[edit]- Eliezer Palchinsky (1912-2007), rosh yeshiva in Jerusalem.[3]
References
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