Ungurmuiza file / תיק קהילה

📜 The Story of the Ungarmoise Community: From Ruin to Rebirth on Latvian Soil

These sources describe the history of the small Jewish community in the settlement. Ungermoyse in Latvia before and during the Holocaust. In the 1920s and 1930s, they lived there Lonely Jews, and the area passed from independent Latvian rule to Soviet control following political agreements. After the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, the village and the local Jewish population were occupied. Murdered by the Nazis and local collaborators. With the liberation of the area by the Red Army in 1944, the remains of the victims were brought For burial in the city of Krostpils The texts preserve the memory of the murdered and provide Demographic and historical data About the fate of the community in this dark period.

Geographic and demographic background

The settlement Ungermoyse (Ungurmuiza) Neighbor in the subdistrict Daugavpils (Daugavpils, formerly known as Dvinsk) inside a rope To Italy (Latgale) in the State of Latvia (C6-1f, C6-4f). In the handwriting that appears at the top of one of the documents, the notation is indicated STBH 247 (C6-1f). Another source indicates that the settlement was located in Daugavpils district, nearIn the slavonia (C6-3f). Between 1920 and 1940, the settlement was part ofIndependent Latvia (C6-1f, C6-4f). Demographically, in 1925 the rural area of ​​the settlement was inhabited by 12 Jews, and in 1930 their number increased to16 Jews (C6-1f, C6-3f, C6-4f).

The period of Soviet rule

Following an agreement signed in August 1939 between Germany toSoviet Union, entered The Red Army to Latvia (C6-1f, C6-4f). In the summer of 1940, a Soviet rule (C6-1f, C6-4f). With Latvia becoming a Soviet republic in August 1940, local institutions and economic life underwent a process of Sovietization (C6-3f). This change of regime also affected the lifestyle of the Jewish residents of the settlement (C6-3f).

Holocaust period

The war between Germany and the Soviet Union broke out on June 22, 1941, and about a week later, German Army the Engormoyse area (C6-1f, C6-4f). Shortly after the start of the occupation, the Jews of the settlement were murdered (C6-1f, C6-3f). The murder was carried out by the Germans at the initiative of the occupation authorities (C6-3f, C6-4f). The sources indicate that the murder was carried out with the assistance of Latvian fascists or local Latvian factors (C6-1f, C6-3f, C6-4f).

Liberation and commemoration

In August 1944, he released The Red Army The settlement of Ungermoyza from the German occupation (C6-1f, C6-3f, C6-4f). After the end of the war, the bodies of the Jewish victims of the settlement were brought for burial in the city Crossfills (Krustpils) (C6-1f, C6-4f). They were buried inTomb of Israel in this city along with Jewish victims murdered in other nearby towns (C6-1f, C6-3f). One of the documents describing these events bears the number 76 In manuscript (C6-3f).

Explanation of terms and concepts

• For Latgale: A historical region in the eastern part of Latvia where the settlement is located.
• Sovietization: The process of applying the principles of governance, economy, and society of the Soviet Union to the annexed territory.
• Krustpils: The city where the fallen of the settlement and surrounding area were gathered for burial after the war.

List of sources

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• C6-1f – A historical overview in Hebrew of the settlement of Ungarmoise in Latvia, the fate of the Jews in the Holocaust, and the liberation of the region by the Red Army.
• C6-3f – Documentation in Hebrew about the settlement of Engormoyse, including demographic data, Holocaust events, and references to bibliographical sources.
• C6-4f – A historical overview in English about the Ungermoise community, the Soviet and Nazi occupation, and the murder of the community's Jews.

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