Cēsis (Wenden)
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Cēsis (in German Wenden) is a historic town in the Vidzeme region (central Latvia), known for its medieval castle of the Livonian Order. The Jewish community, present in the 19th and early 20th centuries, was almost entirely murdered in 1941 by the Einsatzgruppen shortly after the Nazi occupation of Latvia.
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Sources & resources
- The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ↗
- Pinkas Hakehillot — Yad Vashem
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