Višķi

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Višķi (Latgalian:Vyški, Template:Langx, Template:Langx) 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

References

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  3. "Harav Eliezer Manoach Paltzinsky, zt"l". Hamodia News, October 11, 2007, p. A18.

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