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Višķi

Višķi (Latgalian:Vyški, , ) is a village in Višķi Parish, Augšdaugava Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

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Settlement.official_name: Višķi
Settlement.pushpin_map: Latvia
Settlement.mapsize: 200px
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Latvia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Augšdaugava
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Parish
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Višķi
Settlement.image_skyline: Višķi Parish, Latvia - panoramio (2).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Višķi village
Settlement.population_as_of: 2010
Settlement.population_total: 251
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.timezone_DST: EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +3

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Višķi (Latgalian:Vyški, , ) is a village in Višķi Parish, Augšdaugava Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia.

== History == Until the 1930s Višķi was a shtetl, where the majority of the inhabitants were Jewish. 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.