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Searching for Nikolajs Hercbergs: the Mystery Man Who Photographed Riga

Nikolajs Hercbergs took thousands of pictures of Latvia's capital during the interwar years for reasons that are still unclear

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Sillamäe: Inside a Former Soviet Secret City in Estonia

Sillamäe was a ‘closed city,’ often referred to by codenames and guarded within a military perimeter – often it didn’t even appear on maps.

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The Shadow in the East: An Interview with Aliide Naylor

"When Trump ascended to the US presidency I started looking more about what the division of the world into the great power blocs again might mean for the Baltic states"

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Between Two Shores: A Visual Love Letter to the Curonian Spit
culture deepbalticDecember 7, 2020 0

Between Two Shores: A Visual Love Letter to the Curonian Spit

Formed almost 5,000 years ago by sand deposits and barely a mile across, the Curonian Spit extends from the coast of Lithuania into RussiaContinue Reading →

An Eccentric Cold War Education: Revisiting the Lithuanian Gymnasium in Germany
Feature Article deepbalticNovember 20, 2020 0

An Eccentric Cold War Education: Revisiting the Lithuanian Gymnasium in Germany

"Perhaps we did not have science labs then, or a proper gym, or even art classes, or music — other than someone cranking out polkas on an accordion... Yet I…Continue Reading →

Fiction: Saulius Šaltenis – Diary of a Jewish Girl
Uncategorized deepbalticNovember 11, 2020 0

Fiction: Saulius Šaltenis – Diary of a Jewish Girl

Esther Levinson is being sheltered by a Lithuanian couple, Vladas and Milda, who have renamed her Eliza and are passing her off as their nieceContinue Reading →

Searching for Nikolajs Hercbergs: the Mystery Man Who Photographed Riga
culture deepbalticOctober 26, 2020 0

Searching for Nikolajs Hercbergs: the Mystery Man Who Photographed Riga

Nikolajs Hercbergs took thousands of pictures of Latvia's capital during the interwar years for reasons that are still unclearContinue Reading →

Sillamäe: Inside a Former Soviet Secret City in Estonia
Darmon Richter deepbalticSeptember 24, 2020 0

Sillamäe: Inside a Former Soviet Secret City in Estonia

Sillamäe was a ‘closed city,’ often referred to by codenames and guarded within a military perimeter – often it didn’t even appear on maps.Continue Reading →

Riga’s Cholera Curves: Visualising Past Pandemics
Feature Article deepbalticSeptember 4, 2020 0

Riga’s Cholera Curves: Visualising Past Pandemics

Riga's urban geography provided clues to the links between environmental conditions, social inequalities and public healthContinue Reading →

The Steps We Took to Remember: Lithuanian Dancing in Postwar Britain
culture deepbalticAugust 13, 2020 0

The Steps We Took to Remember: Lithuanian Dancing in Postwar Britain

“This festival,” wrote my mother, “is a means of promoting understanding and reconciliation amongst all the European countries who suffered so much during the War years.”Continue Reading →

Absences and Reminders: Searching for Soviet Statues in the Baltics
culture deepbalticJuly 14, 2020 0

Absences and Reminders: Searching for Soviet Statues in the Baltics

"While some cultures go to great lengths to eradicate reminders of their unwanted past, others are willing to let them slowly disintegrate"Continue Reading →

The Shadow in the East: An Interview with Aliide Naylor
Author deepbalticJune 30, 2020 0

The Shadow in the East: An Interview with Aliide Naylor

"When Trump ascended to the US presidency I started looking more about what the division of the world into the great power blocs again might mean for the Baltic states"Continue Reading →

Images and Videos from Latvia’s Late ’80s Dance Revolution
culture deepbalticJune 16, 2020 0

Images and Videos from Latvia’s Late ’80s Dance Revolution

Latvia is regarded as the first republic of the Soviet Union where techno music and DJ culture really took holdContinue Reading →

Visions of the Future from Interwar Kaunas
Feature Article deepbalticMay 28, 2020 0

Visions of the Future from Interwar Kaunas

‘In the evening, when dusk falls over Kaunas, their colossal bronze heads are illuminated with powerful spotlights. From here, one can see all of Kaunas.’Continue Reading →

Architecture of Optimism: Building a Temporary Capital for Lithuania
Lithuania deepbalticMay 25, 2020 0

Architecture of Optimism: Building a Temporary Capital for Lithuania

"In less than twenty years, its residents transformed the city into a modern, elegant and European capital"Continue Reading →

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culture

Between Two Shores: A Visual Love Letter to the Curonian Spit

Formed almost 5,000 years ago by sand deposits and barely a mile across, the Curonian Spit extends from the coast…

0December 7, 2020

Fiction: Saulius Šaltenis – Diary of a Jewish Girl

Esther Levinson is being sheltered by a Lithuanian couple, Vladas and Milda, who have renamed her Eliza and are passing…

0November 11, 2020

Searching for Nikolajs Hercbergs: the Mystery Man Who Photographed Riga

Nikolajs Hercbergs took thousands of pictures of Latvia's capital during the interwar years for reasons that are still unclear

0October 26, 2020

The Steps We Took to Remember: Lithuanian Dancing in Postwar Britain

“This festival,” wrote my mother, “is a means of promoting understanding and reconciliation amongst all the European countries who suffered…

0August 13, 2020

Absences and Reminders: Searching for Soviet Statues in the Baltics

"While some cultures go to great lengths to eradicate reminders of their unwanted past, others are willing to let them…

0July 14, 2020

Images and Videos from Latvia’s Late ’80s Dance Revolution

Latvia is regarded as the first republic of the Soviet Union where techno music and DJ culture really took hold

0June 16, 2020

Travel

Sillamäe: Inside a Former Soviet Secret City in Estonia

Sillamäe was a ‘closed city,’ often referred to by codenames and guarded within a military perimeter – often it didn’t…

0September 24, 2020

Lithuania's Ancient Heartland: Visiting the Grand Duchy's Abandoned Capital

Once the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kernavė was abandoned in the 14th century. Today, it hosts medieval…

0June 18, 2018

Reading Between Kopli's Lines: Exploring Tallinn's Vanishing Slum

"For the adventurer, photographer, urban explorer or historian, Kopli Lines are a beautifully preserved window into the past."

0March 8, 2018

The Peace Is Deceptive: the History of Riga's Hippest Street

The history of Miera iela is proof of the legend that Riga will never be complete.

0November 25, 2017

Back to Shul: Capturing the Uses of Lithuania's 100 Former Synagogues

"I visited and photographed former synagogues in 59 Lithuanian towns, villages and cities whose contemporary uses include churches, funeral parlours,…

0November 14, 2017

Naissaar: the Estonian "Island of Women" Once an Independent Socialist Republic

"They announced the creation of an independent socialist republic, the Soviet Republic of the Sailors and Builders of the Fortress…

0November 6, 2017

Interviews

The Shadow in the East: An Interview with Aliide Naylor

"When Trump ascended to the US presidency I started looking more about what the division of the world into the…

0June 30, 2020

"The Forest Is in Our DNA": Lithuania's Ancient Woods

"We can be proud that we have these in Lithuania, because in Western Europe these were already gone a hundred…

0August 13, 2019

The Other Estonian Language: Preserving and Promoting Võro

North Estonian came to dominate in the 19th century and became the basis for modern standard Estonian, while South Estonian…

0April 26, 2019

Learning Yiddish and Searching for Jewish Lithuania: Laura Esther Wolfson

Laura Esther Wolfson's collection of non-fiction covers the author’s life and travels in the United States, France and the former…

0January 31, 2019

"Someone Always Pays": Siberian Exile and Nazi Collaboration in a Single Family

An interview with the Lithuanian-Canadian author Julija Šukys, whose most recent book found her unearthing troubling secrets about her family's…

0October 31, 2018

Welcome to Maskačka: Stig Stasig's Images of Latvia's Troubled '90s

In 1991, Danish photographer Stig Stasig moved to Riga, capital of newly free Latvia. His photos of inner-city life capture…

0July 20, 2018
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