Lo Tishkach surveys across Latvia are nearing completion. The final surveys from the Latgale region have been arriving at the Lo Tishkach data hub in Brussels in recent days with publication of the report expected within the coming weeks.
Over the past eighteen months, Lo Tishkach has surveyed and reported all the Jewish burial sites in the Kurzeme, Vidzeme and Zemgale regions as well as the capital territory in and around Riga, with only the Latgale region remaining.
The project, which has seen surveys at over 200 sites across the country has been made possible with the support of the Claims Conference and the Genesis Foundation with a strong educational component involving young people from the country’s Jewish community. The Lo Tishkach Foundation isd particularly grateful for the support and organisation of local project coordinator, Gita Umanovska, Executive Director of the Latvian Council of Jewish Communities.
