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Remembering June 14, 1941

As with other years, I’m doing a commemorative post for June 14, 1941. This is the day when tens of thousands of Latvians, Estonians and Lithuanians were deported from their homelands by the Soviets to the far reaches of Siberia.

Antra June 14, 2012 memorials 2 Comments

March 25: Day of Remembrance for Victims of Communist Terror

March 25 is one of several days in the Latvian calendar designated as a day of remembrance for victims of Communist terror. The others are June 14 and the first Sunday in December. As of today, I have now been

Antra March 25, 2012 memorials No Comments

January 20: Day of the Barricades

January 20 is a day of remembrance in Latvia, for an event in more recent memory than others – in this case, the time of the barricades, and subsequently, the end of the Soviet Union. Latvia had already declared independence

Antra January 20, 2012 memorials, Rīga No Comments

June 14, 1941

My apologies – this post should have been up yesterday, but my Internet provider had an outage, so thus this post comes to you today. June 14, 1941 is a day that remains emblazoned on the Latvian psyche – this

Antra June 15, 2011June 15, 2011 memorials 1 Comment

In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory Marta Emīlija (Līcīte) Jakstāne June 26, 1911 – November 2, 2010 Marta Līcīte, c. 1946 My great aunt passed away last night. She was 99 years old. She was born on June 13 (O.S.)/June 26 (N.S.), 1911,

Antra November 3, 2010March 12, 2011 family, memorials 6 Comments

Latvian Cemetery Culture

The title of this post may seem a bit odd to most readers – how is there a culture revolving around cemeteries? In Latvia, cemeteries (“kapi” or “kapsētas”) are a very important part of life. Great care is taken to

Antra July 24, 2010 memorials 5 Comments

Day of Remembrance – Jewish Victims of the Holocaust

This post should have been up yesterday, but I was out of town for most of the day and returned with a splitting headache, so I hope you’ll accept the post today instead. On July 4, 1941, numerous synagogues across

Antra July 5, 2010 memorials, Rīga, religion 3 Comments

Day of Remembrance – Occupation Day

As mentioned in my June 14 Day of Remembrance post a few days ago, June 17 is the day that Latvia was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1940. It is an official remembrance day, and is also one that

Antra June 17, 2010 memorials 1 Comment

June 14 – Day of Remembrance

Sorry things have been a bit quiet here, I’ve been busy! But in a week’s time I will be concluding my day job so that I can be on my way to Latvia for the summer, and then when I

Antra June 14, 2010 family, memorials No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Alma Kalniņa

When the Soviets invaded Latvia during the Second World War, they deported and/or murdered thousands of people from all walks of life. One of these people was Alma Kalniņa. Her grave marker is in the town cemetery of Jēkabpils. She

Antra December 8, 2009December 8, 2009 Krustpils, memorials 1 Comment
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