This extensive project has been made possible with the support of the Claims Conference and with a strong educational component involving young people from the country’s Jewish community. The Lo Tishkach Foundation is particularly grateful for the support and organisation of local project coordinator, Gita Umanovska, Executive Director of the Latvian Council of Jewish Communities.
A sad and shocking total of Thirty-Nine Jewish Mass Graves have been identified in the Latgale region alone. Current data and photographs of these sites, as well as historical data on the Jewish settlements, have been uploaded to the Lo-Tishkach database and compiled in the publication.
The Lo Tishkach Foundation sees as its principal function the preservation of the historical and physical record of Jewish cemeteries and mass graves throughout Europe. The burial grounds featured in this report are therefore graded by Lo-Tishkach according to objective physical factors that determine the nature of the threat to their present and future existence.
Whilst compilation of the Latgale Mass Grave Survey Report took longer than initially projected, we are relieved at reaching this milestone, and we look forward to keeping you periodically posted on Lo-Tishkach’s further developments.
Links to download your free digital copy of this Lo Tishkach survey report (Parts 1 & 2) can be found on our ‘Publications‘ page.
