Talsi 1941
On June 14, 1941, prior to the German entry into Talsi, the Soviet Union deported massive numbers of Latvian citizens to Siberia. According to Dov Levin, this included 50 or 60 Jewish property owners and political activists in Talsi.
On July 1, 1941, the Germans entered Talsi. The Talsi commander ordered Jews to wear circles on both their front and back. Around the end of September, the remaining Jews were executed by a firing squad of Latvian “Arajs Commandos” and local police.
- Database of June 14, 1941 deportations
- Jews of Latvia: A Project. Names and Fates 1941-1945. This massive project to document Latvian victims of the Holocaust is now searchable by surname.
- Searching for the Unknown Holocaust. Boris Maftsir’s documentary. Includes some information specific to Talsi.
- Pinkas Hakehillot: Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities, Latvia and Estonia, by Dov Levin, “Talsen: Talsi.“
- Holocaust Memorial Sites in Latvia – a project of the University of Latvia Judaica Study Center
- Talsi county, Runki – part of the Jews of Talsi city and Stende parish were killed in the Runki forest.
- Talsi county, Sukturi
- Yad Vashem
- Photo database, Talsi
- Shoah Names database, Talsi residents before the war
- Shoah Names database, those killed in Talsi
1941 Inhabitants List – Liela Street 29
Below is a copy of an Inhabitants List from September 1941, during the Nazi Occupation, obtained from the Latvian State Historical Archives in Riga. It indicates that the Jews were “taken out to agricultural labor,” i.e. killed.
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