Alternate names: Kārsava [Latv], Korsovka and Корсовка [Rus], Korsove and קאָרסאָווע [Yid], קאָרסאָווקע and Korshovke [Yid]Karsau [Ger], Karsava [Lith], Korsówka [Pol] in Vitebsk region, 16 miles N of Ludza (Liutzin), 24 miles NE of Rēzekne (Rezhitsa), near the Russian border. 1900 Jewish population was 609. City has railroad station on the Pskov-Daugavpils line and is a highway junction. Industry includes metalworking.
JewishGen Latvia SIG for Karsava [March 2009]
VIDEO: Rezekne- Karsava-Rezekne (435KB) - Rezekne cemetery at the sunny evening of October 1998, Jewish quarter at night. .. home of Veisman family. Then came to Karsava: site where the synagogue was, the cemetery, old Jewish houses. Again Rezekne: synagogue, old quarter.[March 2009]
See burial list All Latvia Cemetery List [March 2009] See burial list. [January 2011]
CEMETERY: photos. photo. Cemetery was intact immediately following WWII. [January 2011]
MASS GRAVE: near Teatra and Vienibas street. Date: August 1941.