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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Official name: Višķi, Viški
Population: 178
Elevation: 105
Image: Višķu baznīca 2001-08-11.jpg

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postal code: 5481
native label: Višķi, Viški
P6482: Višķi
P8168: Ferenc Münnich

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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.