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Kraslava
Jews settled here in the about 1765.It was known in the Jewish labor movement because of the strikes connected to the bristle factory, whose owners were Jews. The Jews were expelled by the Russians during WWI. Some returned after the war. There was a Jewish municipal school. The Jews mainly worked in commerce, crafts, and trade in agricultural products. Famous people born here were:
- Naum Aronson- sculpture
- Abel Pann- painter
In the summer of 1941 the Jews were taken to the town square. Some were taken outside of the town and shot, and their bodies burned. The Latvian mayor and Latvian auxiliary police helped the Germans. The remaining Jews were taken to the Dvinsk ghetto. (EJ)
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