According to the census of 1897, there were 533 Jews living in the village (91% of the total population).

In the beginning of the 20th century, many of the Jews left for Israel or the United States, and in 1935, Jews constituted 68% of the total population.

At the end of August 1941, Latvian civil defense police (reportedly - former members of the Aizsargi)[verify] arrested Jews and locked them into the synagogues.

northwest of the shtetl) and murdered there in a mass execution.

There were some local inhabitants from Solutions district[verify] who took part in the massacre and several Germans who watched it.