Višķi (Latgalian:Vyški, Yiddish: ווישקי Vishki) is a village in Višķi Parish, Augšdaugava Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

Višķi
Višķi village
Višķi village
Višķi is located in Latvia
Višķi
Višķi
Coordinates: 56°3′12″N 26°46′59″E / 56.05333°N 26.78306°E / 56.05333; 26.78306
CountryLatvia
MunicipalityAugšdaugava
ParishVišķi
Population
 (2010)
 • Total251
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

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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

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References

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  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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