Rundēni

Rundēni — a village in Ludza District (Republic of Latvia). In the 19th and early 20th centuries it was the village of Rundāni in Ludza County of the Vitebsk Governorate. In 1918–1940 it was part of the Republic of Latvia, and in 1940–1991 of the Latvian SSR.

In 1925, 4 Jews lived in Rundēni and its surroundings; in 1930 — 8, and in 1935 — 5 Jews (1.7%).

In 1913 the two grocery and textile shops in the village belonged to Jews.

After the occupation by Wehrmacht forces, the Jews of Rundēni were killed in the summer of 1941.

After 1945, the remains of 36 Jews from Rundēni and the surrounding area were reburied in the Jewish cemetery in Ludza.

Rundāni, see Rundēni.