Country Latvia Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 251 (2010) | Parish Višķi Local time Tuesday 4:57 PM Municipality Daugavpils Municipality | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 55% Humidity | ||
Višķi (Latgalian:Vyški) is a village in Višķi Parish, Daugavpils Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.
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History
Until the 1930s, the majority of the inhabitants were Jewish . During World War II, from 1941 to 1942, hundreds of Jews are murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen in the surroundings and in the Daugavpils Ghetto.
People
References
Višķi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA