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Beautiful Baltic Sea in Mazirbe, Latvia. Black Bird is on his way to Estonian Islands 27 km offshore. |
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Morning on a cozy street of Liepaja (Liebau), Latvia |
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Ilena Ivanova, the leader of Liepaja Jewish community has tears in her eyes meeting cousins from the Bub Family of the USA, which left 70 years ago. |
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Tombstone of Simon Joseph Danzig/Danziger (1774 - 1853) in the Jewish Cemetery in Aizpute (Hasenpoth), Latvia. |
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Tourists with pottery they made themselves under the directon of pottery master Evalds Vasilevskis in his workshop near Kaunatea, Latvia |
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In Old Ventspils (Windau) |
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Synagogue of Kraslava, Latvia |
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Jewish Cemetery in Krustpils (Kreutzburg), Latvia |
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Kuldiga (Goldingen) - the Venice of Courland because of rivers flowing through town. Highest waterfall in Latvai is here. |
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Latvians leaving the Church of Salus (Frauenburg) by Janis Rozentals, 1894. |
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Talsi (Talsen) one of the most lovely towns in Courland. In 1897 there were 4,200 inhabitants among them 1,411 were Jewish. |
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October in Latvia - forest near Tukums, Latvia |
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Tombstone of Peter Mahler (1896 - 1901) in Jewish Cemetery of Kuldiga (Goldingen), Latvia. |
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Synagogue of Sabile (Zabeln), Latvia |
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Tomstone of Shlomo son of Meshe died in 1865 in Jewish Cemetery in Aizpute (Hasenpoth), Latvia |
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Street view in Daugavpils, Latvia |
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Synagogue of Daugavpils (Dvinsk), Latvia built in 1850 |
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120 year old typical Jewish house in Gostini (also called Dankere and Glazmanka) in Dvinsk, Latvia |
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Street in the center of Daugavpils (Dvinsk), Latvia |
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Graves of great rabbis Meir Simcha Katz-Kahan and Rogachever Gaon at Daugavpils Jewish Cemetery. |
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Jewish shops in Griva near Daugavpils, Latvia. The Great Rabbi Abraham Isack Kook, chief rabbi of Palestine, was born in Griva in 1865. |
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Green synagogue of Rezekne, Latvia, built in 1850 |
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Green Synagogue or Rezekne interior view. |
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Tourists on Makonkalns hill 35 km from Rezekne on the way to Dagda with Raznas Lake in background. |
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Rezekne Latvia street market |
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100 year old Russian bath house on Raznas lake. For $10 you can take steam bath and then jump into the lake. |
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Rezekne Jewish Cemetery on hillside. |
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