Verilaske: In Search of a Bloodletting Estonian Village
“I have lived here all my life, and I’ve never been to Verilaske... maybe people who go to Verilaske never return."Continue Reading →
“I have lived here all my life, and I’ve never been to Verilaske... maybe people who go to Verilaske never return."Continue Reading →
Those who left made a tremendous impact globally, and without them, there may never have been the Beatles or Bob DylanContinue Reading →
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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 →
Nikolajs Hercbergs took thousands of pictures of Latvia's capital during the interwar years for reasons that are still unclearContinue Reading →
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 urban geography provided clues to the links between environmental conditions, social inequalities and public healthContinue Reading →
“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 →
"While some cultures go to great lengths to eradicate reminders of their unwanted past, others are willing to let them slowly disintegrate"Continue Reading →
"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 →
Latvia is regarded as the first republic of the Soviet Union where techno music and DJ culture really took holdContinue Reading →