Višķi | |
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.jpg) Višķi village | |
  Višķi | |
| 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
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
- Eliezer Palchinsky (1912-2007), rosh yeshiva in Jerusalem. [3]
References
External links
| Authority control databases: National |
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 | This Latgale location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Višķi | |
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Višķi village | |
Višķi | |
| 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
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
- Eliezer Palchinsky (1912-2007), rosh yeshiva in Jerusalem. [3]
References
External links
| Authority control databases: National |
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| This Latgale location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |