NERETA, urban-type settlement (since 1950) in the Aizkraukle District (Republic of Latvia).
Known since 1298. Since 1795 – part of the Russian Empire. In the 19th – early 20th centuries – in the Jacobstadt District. In 1918–40, it was part of the Latvian Republic, and in 1940–91, it was part of the Latvian SSR.
In 1925, there were 62 Jews living in N. and the surrounding settlements, in 1930 – 70, in 1935 in Nereta –54 Jews (9%).
From 1936, the rabbi of Nereta was Muller (1909, Kreutzburg – ?).
At the end of June 1941, Nereta was occupied by units of the Wehrmacht. Immediately after the occupation, the Jews of Nereta were shot.
After 1945, the remains of those killed were reburied in a mass grave in Jēkabpils.