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(Redirected from Vishkes) Village in Augšdaugava Municipality, Latvia For other uses, see Višķi (disambiguation). Place in Augšdaugava, Latvia
Višķi
Višķi villageVišķi village
Višķi is located in LatviaVišķiVišķi
Coordinates: 56°3′12″N 26°46′59″E / 56.05333°N 26.78306°E / 56.05333; 26.78306
CountryLatvia
MunicipalityAugšdaugava
ParishVišķi
Population
 • Total251
Time zoneUTC+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. 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.

People

References

  1. "Viski".
  2. "Viski,a shtetl in Latvia". usdin.dumes.net.
  3. "Harav Eliezer Manoach Paltzinsky, zt"l". Hamodia News, October 11, 2007, p. A18.

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