Latgale (Vitebsk)

The towns listed on this page are currently located in Latgale, which constituted the northwest part of Vitebsk gubernia during the Russian Empire. Latgale was the only province of Latvia that was part of the Pale of Settlement, and its Jewish population was subject to different linguistic and cultural influences than in the other parts of Latvia. If the notation "N/A" appears after Kehilalinks or Yizkor Book in the town listing, there is an opportunity to create a Kehilalinks page and/or sponsor (or volunteer to do) a yizkor book translation. If a town has a cemetery indexed in the JewishGen Online Burial Registry (JOWBR), it is linked to the description, and can be searched via a JOWBR database search. External cemetery websites for the town are also linked, if applicable.

Dagda/Dagden

Alternate names: Dagda [Latv, Rus], Dagde [Yid], Dagden [Ger], Dageten, Dedga, Dagdas

Kehilalinks

Cemeteries - 2 cemeteries : unnamed Dagda cemetery 1 and unnamed Dagda cemetery 2

Yizkor Book - N/A

Town Leader - N/A

Daugavpils/Dvinsk/Dinaburg

Alternate names: Daugavpils [Latv], Dvinsk [Rus, since 1893], Dinaburg [Rus, until 1893], Denenburg [Yid], Dünaburg [Ger], Dyneburg [Pol], Daugpilis [Lith], Dźvinsk [Bel], Dźwińsk [Pol], Daŭhaŭpils, Daugapils, Daugpiļs, Daugava, Dynaborgs, Dynaburg, Deneburg, Duenaburg, Dwinsk

Kehilalinks

Cemeteries - The Dvinsk cemetery is included in JOWBR and the Dvinsk headstones and translations (from Russian) also appear on one of Christine Usdin's websites. There is also a Dvinsk burial pinkas, a list of burials, handwritten in Hebrew, which is among Martha Lev-Zion's personal papers, donated to the Leo Baeck Institute, and now on the Internet Archive. The pinkas begins on frame 690 (the URL is not precise). The source of the data is unknown.

Yizkor Book - 1) JewishGen Yizkor Book Project, Amy Samin, tr. "In Memory of the Community of Dvinsk (Daugavpils, Latvia)"; translation of Le zekher kehilat Dvinsk [In memory of the community of Dvinsk], (Haifa: 1975); and

2) Translation of the chapter "Dvinsk," by Moshe Amir (Bliach), from Mendel Bobe, ed., The Jews in Latvia (Tel Aviv: Association of Latvian and Estonian Jews in Israel, 1971), 262-275.

3) Remembering Dvinsk (Daugavpils, Latvia). New York: JewishGen.2016. For a description of the contents and where to buy, see the Yizkor Books in Print project. Includes a translation of Dvinsk, The Rise and Decline of a Town, by Yudel Flior.

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Gostini/Dankere/Glazmanka

Alternate names: Gostini [Latv], Dankere [Ger, Yid], Glazmanka [Rus], Glazmanke [Yid], Głazmanka [Pol], Trentelberg [Ger], Guostiniai [Lith], Dankera, Dankari, Glasmanka, Glazminka

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Cemeteries - Gostini Jewish Cemetery Webpage - Klaus- Peter Rex, a German priest, reconstructed the lost Jewish cemetery in the forest near Gostini with an international youth camp in 2005 and 2006. Christine Usdin's website holds photos and translations (from Hebrew) of these graves.

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Kārsava

Alternate names: Kārsava [Latv], Korsovka [Rus], Korsove [Yid], Karsau [Ger], Karsava [Lith], Korsówka [Pol]

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Cemeteries

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Kraslava/Kreslavka

Alternate names: Krāslava [Latv], Kreslavka [Rus], Kraslau [Ger], Kraslave [Yid], Krasław [Pol], Kraslava [Lith], Kreslawa, Kreslawka, Kraaslava, Kruoslova

Kehilalinks

Cemeteries

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Krustpils/Kreuzburg

Alternate names: Krustpils [Latv], Kreuzburg [Ger], Kreitsburg [Rus], Kreitzberg [Yid], Krustpilis [Lith], Kryżborg [Pol], Kryżbork, Krystapiļs, Kreizburg, Kreutzburg

Kehilalinks

Cemeteries

Yizkor Book - Chapter translated from Pinkas Ha-Kehilot Latvia v'Estonia [Encyclopedia of JewishCommunities in Latvia and Estonia]

Town Leader - N/A

Livani/Liwenhof

Alternate names: Līvāni [Latv], Livengof [Rus], Livenhof [Yid], Liwenhof [Ger, Pol], Lyvanai [Lith], Lievenhof, Livany

Kehilalinks

Cemeteries

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Ludza/Lutsin

Alternate names: Ludza [Latv], Liutzin [Rus], Ludsen [Ger], Lutsin [Yid], Lutsi [Est], Lyutsin, Ludze, Lucyn, Luchin, Ludzen, Liutsin, Liutchin

Kehilalinks

Cemeteries

Yizkor Book - N/A

Town Leader - Paul Cheifitz

Pleili/Preil

Alternate names: Preiļi [Latv], Prel' [Rus], Preil [Yid], Prely [Ger], Preiliai [Lith], Prial, Prieli, Preyli, Preli

Kehilalinks

Cemeteries

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Rezekne/Rositten/Rezhitsa

Alternate names: Rēzekne [Latv], Rositten [Ger], Rezhitsa [Rus], Rezhitse [Yid], Rzeżyca [Pol], Rėzeknė [Lith], Räisaku [Est], Režica, Ryezhitsa

Kehilalinks

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Riebiņi/Ribenishki

Alternate names: Riebiņi [Latv], Ribene [Ger], Ribenishki [Rus], Ribinishok [Yid], Rybiniszki [Pol], Rybinischki, Ribinishki, Ribiņiški, Ribeny, Ribeņi, Silajani

Kehilalinks

Cemeteries

Yizkor Book - Chapter translated from Pinkas Ha-Kehilot Latvia v'Estonia [Encyclopedia of JewishCommunities in Latvia and Estonia]

Town Leader - Marion Werle

Simala/Malta

Alternate names: Silmala [Latv], Malta [Latv, pre-1936], Małta [Pol]

Kehilalinks - N/A

Cemetery - N/A

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Varakļāni/Varklan

Alternate names: Varakļāni [Latv], Varklian [Yid], Warkland [Ger], Varaklyany [Rus], Varaklianai [Lith], Warklany [Pol], Varklan, Varaklian, Varklyane

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Viļaka/Marienhausen

Alternate names: Viļaka [Latv], Vilyaka [Rus], Viliaki [Yid], Marienhausen [Ger], Viliaka [Lith], Maryenhauz [Pol], Marynauza

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Cemeteries

Yizkor Book - Chapter translated from Pinkas Ha-Kehilot Latvia v'Estonia [Encyclopedia of JewishCommunities in Latvia and Estonia]

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Viļāni/Welonen

Alternate names: Viļāni [Latv], Vilon [Yid], Velena [Rus], Welonen [Ger], Vilianai [Lith], Wellan [Ger], Wielony [Pol], Weleny, Vilyany, Vilyani, Vilyane, Viljani, Vilēni, Vilany, Veleny, Wielona, Veliony

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Cemeteries

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Viški

Alternate names: Višķi [Latv], Vishki [Rus], Vishky [Yid], Wyschki [Ger], Wyszki [Pol], Vyshki, Vyški

Kehilalinks

Cemeteries - 2 cemeteries in JOWBR: unnamed Viški cemetery 1 and unnamed Viški cemetery 2. The late Christine Usdin made three videos of the Jewish cemetery in Viški during a trip in 2008: The Jewish Cemetery of Vishki, Latvia, The Jewish Cemetery of Vishki, Latvia, May 2008, and The Jewish Cemetery of Vishki, Latvia 3.

Yizkor Book - Chapter translated from Pinkas Ha-Kehilot Latvia v'Estonia [Encyclopedia of JewishCommunities in Latvia and Estonia]

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