LATGALE

Daugavpils, Dvinsk, Dinaburg, Latgale… In these territories the Jews always constituted a considerable part of the population. Nowadays there are only about 200 Jews in Latgale, over 150 of them living in Daugavpils. For that reason maintenance and preservation of the Jewish heritage in the region is of current importance. This can be achieved by writing and publishing books, still books written by the Daugavpils historians are mainly in the Russian language. They are not available to everyone, they are not always known in other countries, where people born in Latgale and their descendants live... The history of Latgale Jews attracts the attention of both Jews and non-Jews, especially from the Latvian population. The history of Latgale and the Jewish history of the region is an integral part of the Latvian history, being the component of the Russian history up to the first decades of the XX century... The time has come to perpetuate the Jewish heritage of the region; for that reason..

Primary location: Daugavpils Latvia