Riebiņi

Riebiņi (Latvian: Riebiņi, Latgalian: Ribiniški, Polish: Rybiniszki, Yiddish: Ribinishok‎) is a village in and the centre of both Riebiņi Parish and Riebiņi Municipality, Latvia.

Riebiņi
Village
Catholic church in Riebiņi
Riebiņi
Riebiņi's location in Latvia
Coordinates: 56°20′29.06″N 26°48′4.03″E
Country Latvia
MunicipalityRiebiņi
ParishRiebiņi
Population
 (2006)
 • Total951

History

The village was a shtetl, and most of the inhabitants were Jewish. According to the census of 1897, there were 533 Jews living in the village (91% of the total population). In the beginning of the 20th century, many of the Jews left for Israel or the United States, and in 1935, Jews constituted 68% of the total population.

At the end of August 1941, Latvian civil defense police (reportedly - former members of the Aizsargi) arrested Jews and locked them into the synagogues. Then they were moved to Ribiniški Forest (4 km. northwest of the shtetl) and murdered there in a mass execution. There were some local inhabitants from Soluions district who took part in the massacre and several Germans who watched it.[1]

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References
  1. "jewishgen.org".
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