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Jewish History by
Esther Rechtschafner
Eye Witness
Retaliation against Bund
Gordin History by
Tela Zasloff
Rezekne Family Stories
and Genealogies
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Holocaust (Shoa) and
Mass Burial Sites
Jadviga Arcihovska Hero
Saved Jewish Lives
Rēzekne Recent Visits and Modern Views
Dave Howard's Visit to Rezekne 2003
I visited Rezekne at the end of October 2003 and took most of these photos. I had a guide, Alexanders Feigmanis, and a driver. We saw quite a bit of the city but I was very interested in visiting the area where my family lived. They lived in an area that came to be known America because so many had left and gone to America.
I had heard old family stories how they had a bit of a barn yard with an outhouse in the back with a bathhouse out back as well. My great-grandfather had been in the lumber business. I had an address and a street name of the place where he lived with his large family. I think I may have found the home.
My great aunt Bessie told me that when she was a little girl they would go down the river to wash their clothes. One day there was a group of people and it was winter time. Her twin sister Florence fell into the river. Someone pulled her out. They asked Bessie to take off her warm dry clothes and put them on her wet sister and take her home. She said she about froze to death on the way home.
You can hear her tell the story here: Bessie Horwitz Oral Family History
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Entry to the City
Driving through town
This same street scene is still there.
Driving around
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
They put their power poles on concrete roots.
This is an area of damp ground and lots of wood.
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
How long do these wooden houses last? This one looks new.
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Rezekne 2003
2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
I walked down the end of the street I think my grandfather
lived on and there was the river.
Aleksanders looks out over a path leading to the
edge of the River. Is this where Florence fell in 1903?
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Did my family walk along this dirt road into town?
Typical back yard with dog.
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Is this the street where my grandfather lived?
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Lots of water.
Wooden houses.
Wooden Houses of Rezekne 2003
Latvian cat outside window.
Latvian cat on roof.
Latvian kitty family.
Latvian kitty in the window.
Countryside near Rezekne
As we headed back to Riga we were treated with a beautiful
Latvian sunset