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]
višķi, other, uses, disambiguation, latgalian, vyški, yiddish, ווישקי, vishki, village, parish, augšdaugava, municipality, latgale, region, latvia, villagecoordinates, 05333, 78306, 05333, 78306countrylatviamunicipalityaugšdaugavaparishpopulation, 2010, total2. For other uses see Viski disambiguation Viski Latgalian Vyski Yiddish ווישקי Vishki is a village in Viski Parish Augsdaugava Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia ViskiViski villageViskiCoordinates 56 3 12 N 26 46 59 E 56 05333 N 26 78306 E 56 05333 26 78306CountryLatviaMunicipalityAugsdaugavaParishViskiPopulation 2010 Total251Time zoneUTC 2 EET Summer DST UTC 3 EEST Contents 1 History 2 People 3 References 4 External linksHistory editUntil the 1930s Viski 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 editEliezer Palchinsky 1912 2007 rosh yeshiva in Jerusalem 3 References edit Viski Viski a shtetl in Latvia usdin dumes net Harav Eliezer Manoach Paltzinsky zt l Hamodia News October 11 2007 p A18 External links editSatellite map at Maplandia com Wyszki in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland nbsp This Latgale location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Viski amp oldid 1189143943, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
