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Verilaske: In Search of a Bloodletting Estonian Village
Author deepbalticJanuary 27, 2021 0

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 →

How Lithuanians Conquered the World: The Case for a Migration Museum
Author deepbalticJanuary 21, 2021 0

How Lithuanians Conquered the World: The Case for a Migration Museum

Those who left made a tremendous impact globally, and without them, there may never have been the Beatles or Bob DylanContinue Reading →

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 →

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