The Shoah (1939–1945)
Massacre of Preiļi
9 août 1941·Preiļi
Toll
~1 500 morts
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
The Jews of the town, held for several weeks in barns, are driven to a nearby grove and shot, entire families included.
Preiļi, a small town in Latgale, had a Jewish community large relative to its size. In August, its Jewish inhabitants were led out of the town and shot at the edge of pits dug in a nearby forest, by Latvian auxiliaries under the supervision of the security police. The execution swept away entire families in a single day, and the town lost its community all at once.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Lettonie
Sources
Andrew Ezergailis, *The Holocaust in Latvia*.