Jistory

Place in Latvia

What happened to the Jews in Latgale

16 events, 1783 AD to 1943 AD

18th century

  1. 1783 AD Jewish tailor Moses burned alive in Lutzyn · Ludza (Lutzyn), Latvia

19th century

  1. 1883 AD Blood libel trial of the Lotzov family in Lutzyn · Ludza (Lutzyn), Latvia and elsewhere

20th century

  1. 1905 AD Jews killed or wounded in 1905 revolution demonstrations in Dvinsk · Daugavpils (Dvinsk), Latvia
  2. 1940–1941 AD Soviet closure of Jewish institutions and exile of Jewish activists · Daugavpils, Latvia
  3. 1941 AD Dvinsk Jews murdered in the Pogulanka Forest · Daugavpils (Dvinsk), Latvia
  4. 1941 AD Ghetto established in Dvinsk, Latvia · Daugavpils (Dvinsk), Latvia
  5. 1941 AD Ghetto established in Ludza · Ludza, Latvia
  6. 1941 AD Massacre of Ludza Jews at Lake Zorba · Ludza, Latvia
  7. 1941 AD Murder of 1,150 Jews in first week of July 1941 · Daugavpils, Latvia
  8. 1941 AD November 1941 executions of Jews in Daugavpils · Daugavpils, Latvia
  9. 1941 AD Pogrom and burning of synagogues in Daugavpils · Daugavpils, Latvia
  10. 1941–1942 AD Killing of remaining Ludza Jews · Ludza, Latvia
  11. 1941–1943 AD Daugavpils Ghetto · Daugavpils, Latvia
  12. 1942 AD About 1,000 Jews murdered at Dvinsk · Daugavpils (Dvinsk), Latvia
  13. 1942 AD Killing of 500 Jews in May 1942 · Daugavpils, Latvia
  14. 1943 AD Surviving Jews sent to Riga ghetto and Kaiserwald camp · Daugavpils, Latvia

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