Jews in Kraslava 

Jews started to settle in the present territory of Latvia after 1561, when Latgale, in Eastern Latvia, fell under Polish rule, which continued for 200 years. Daugavpils (Dinaburg, Dvinsk), Rezekne (Rositten, Rezhitsa), Ludza (Lutsyn), and other townships (shtetl) in Latgale, such as Kraslava (Kreslawka), Balvi, and Preili, became centers of settlement for Jewish artisans and traders.
Frank Gordon "Latvians and Jews Between Germany and Russia"



In 1923 city rights were granted to Kraslava.
The arms were granted in 1925: an ancient ship with sail and five oars.
Every oar means one of five main nationalities, inhabiting Kraslava:
Latvians, Russians, Jews, Poles and Belarussians.© Ralf Hartemink 1996


The Kreslaver Rabbi

Kraslava Holocaust victims

Kraslava Jewish cemetery - surnames

Kraslava Jewish cemetery - Pryanikov gravestones