Obj. ID: 54044
Memorials Memorial at the Killing Site at the Rāzna Lake near Kaunata, Latvia, 2007
Memorial Name
Memorial at the Rāzna Lake near Kaunata
Who is Commemorated?
Jews of Kaunata killed on this site.
Description:
A low rock of granite of irregular form is situated at the margin of the Rēzekne - Dagda road, at the intersection with the road to Kaunata, near a bus stop.
It bears a Latvian inscription and two Stars of David.
Inscription:
Šeit 1941. g. jūlija beigās
nacisti nogalināja
ap 100 Kaunatas
un apkārtnes ebreju
תנצבה
Latvijas Ebreju draudžu un kopienu padome
Translation: Here, at the end of July 1941, the Nazis killed around 100 Jews of Kaunata and the surrounding area. [Hebrew:] May their souls be bound in the bundle of life. The Council of Jewish Communities of Latvia
Commissioned by
The Council of Jewish Communities of Latvia
sub-set tree: 
After the occupation of Kaunata at the end of July 1941, about 100 Jews were shot by Latvian "self defenders" at two sites: near the Barki cemetery and the Rāzna Lake.
The monument was erected by the Council of Jewish Communities of Latvia in 2007.
"Holocaust Memorial Places in Latvia," a website by the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia, http://memorialplaces.lu.lv/memorial-places/latgale/rezekne-municipality-the-razna-lake/.
Meler, Meyer, Mesta nashei pamiati: Evreiskie obshchiny Latvii, unichtozhennye v Kholokoste (Riga: by the author, 2010), pp. 197-200.