Alternate names: Vilyaka and Виляка [Rus], Viļaka [Latv], Viliaka [Lith], Viliaki [Yid], Marienhausen [Ger], Maryenhauz [Pol], Marynauza. 57°11' N, 27°41' E , In E Latvia, 50 miles NNE of Rēzekne (Rezhitsa), near the border with Russia. 1900 Jewish population: 504.
- Pinkas ha-kehilot; entsiklopediya shel ha-yishuvim le-min hivasdam ve-ad le-aher shoat milhemet ha-olam ha-sheniya: Latvia and Estonia
(Jerusalem, 1988)
- Pinkas HaKehilot, Latvia and Estonia (1988), p. 119: "Vilaka"
- Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), VI, pp. 153-156: "Maryenhauz".
- JewishGen Latvia SIG
CEMETERY: 16 Yaunatnes St dates from the late 18th century.
See burial list All Latvia Cemetery List [March 2009] See burial list. [January 2011]
MASS GRAVE: Abrenes iela. August 1941. No signs. Take Abrenes Street (the road from Vilaka to Pitalovo) and go 1.5 km from the border of Vilakaa until reachito the sign "N 64". Turn right and go 100 m.