Igene file / תיק קהילה

📜 History of the Jewish community in Igna-Agenhof

These sources document the history of the settlement. Igna (German: Eggenhof), which was located in the Talsi district of the region Courland, LatviaUntil the outbreak World War I, a small Jewish community existed there, numbering about40 familiesFollowing the events of the war, the Jewish residents Leave the settlement., and by 1920 there were no Jews left at all. The documentation details the changing political status of the area, which passed between Independent Latvia, the Soviet Union and the German occupation in 1941. These documents, which originate fromMuseum of the Jewish People (Beit Hatfutsot), preserve the memory of a community that has completely disappeared from the local landscape.

Based on the documents found in the archive, the following is a historical overview of the settlement Igene, known by its German name Agenhof (or AgenhoffAlthough the reference referred to the history of Estonian Jewry, the attached sources deal with a Jewish community that lived in the district. Talsi In the countryside Courland (Kurland/Kurzeme), located inLatvia (C7-1f, C7-3f, C7-4f).

The Jewish community inIgna There was a small community of about40 families (C7-1f, C7-4f). This community existed in the settlement until the period World War I (C7-3f). According to the information in the printed text, after the war the settlement was abandoned, and in 1920 already There are no Jews left. In place (C7-1f, C7-2f, C7-3f, C7-4f).

From a political and diplomatic perspective, the sources indicate that between the years 1920–1940 The area was part ofIndependent Latvia (C7-1f, C7-4f). One source states that in the years "1920-1940" the place was under the Soviet Union, but this appears to be a clerical error or vague information in light of the note in the same sentence that these were the years before independent Latvia (C7-1f). More detailed information indicates that inJune 1940 The place passed into the hands of theSoviets, and in July 1941 Conquered by theGermans (C7-3f).

In examining the footnotes and accompanying notes, the word " appears in handwriting on one side of the documentsAgenhof" (C7-3f). Also, the written source of the information is "Das Falk" dated 8.7.1920 (C7-3f). A later document from "Beit Hatfutsot" dated 1 August 1990 confirms the details about the size of the community and notes that the settlement was finally abandoned after the war (C7-4f).

Geographical and historical terms from the sources:

• Courland (Kurland / Kurzeme): A historical region in Latvia where the settlement was located.
• Talsi: The administrative district in which Igna was included.
• Igene (Igene / Agenhof): The names of the settlement in Latvian and German as they appear in archival documentation.

List of sources

• C7-1f: Information about the settlement of Agenhof in Latvia, the size of the Jewish community, and political changes in the years 1920–1940.
• C7-3f: A review in Hebrew of the settlement of Igna, including details about the history of the Jewish community, dates of occupation during World War II, and a reference to a journalistic source.
• C7-4f: A document in English from the Beit Hatfutsot Museum from 1990 detailing demographic and historical data on the Jewish community in Agenhof.

C7-1f

C7-3f

C7-4f

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