Višķi

Višķi
Višķi
Coordinates: 56°3′12″N 26°46′59″E / 56.05333°N 26.78306°E / 56.05333; 26.78306Coordinates: 56°3′12″N 26°46′59″E / 56.05333°N 26.78306°E / 56.05333; 26.78306
Country Latvia
Municipality Daugavpils
Parish Višķi
Population (2010)
  Total 251
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Višķi (Latgalian:Vyški) is a village in Višķi Parish, Daugavpils Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

History

Until the 1930's, the majority of the inhabitants were Jewish .[1] During WWII, from 1941 to 1942, hundreds of Jews are murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen in the surroundings and in the Daugavpils Ghetto.[2]

People

External links

References

  1. http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/viski/
  2. http://usdin.dumes.net/


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