Latvia has agreed to halt distribution of a controversial history book, but human rights activists are questioning the sincerity of the move. In response to a campaign led by the Washington-based ...
Latvia defines itself on its own terms, apart from its history of being subjugated by Imperial Poland, Sweden, Lithuania, Germany, and Russia. Latvian is now the language taught in schools, Latvia ...
Across the Former Soviet Union in Latvia, Wartime History Present in Controversy over Soldiers’ Rall
The recent uproar in Latvia over a proposed march by Latvian veterans of the Nazi SS highlighted the ambivalent relationship the Baltic nation has with its World War II behavior. After last year’s ...
LINCOLN — Through archival film footage and still photographs, “In Search of Freedom: Nebraskans from Latvia” marks the 100th anniversary of Latvia’s Declaration of Independence and traces the history ...
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From Latvia to an internment camp during WWII to St. Cloud, an immigrant tells her story
Before moving to St. Cloud, Maruta Lietiņš Ray experienced loss, captivity, learning new languages and immigrating to a new country. Born Maruta Lietiņš in 1940 in Latvia, a region soon to be rolled ...
The impressive animated memoir “My Favorite War” revisits writer-director Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen’s childhood in Soviet Latvia in the 1970s and ’80s. The result of a nine-year labor of love from a ...
Latvia offers travellers a number of options for exploring castles and manors from different historic periods. Some of them can be visited as tourist attractions, while others offer overnight stays, ...
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