Aged just 20 my mother and her friend Gloria arrived in the UK from Germany on 3rd March 1947…..
Read MoreThe Flight from Latvia
By the autumn of 1944 the Red Army was pushing south and rather than face life under a second Soviet occupation my Latvian family decided to join the many thousands of their compatriots and flee the country……
Read MoreOccupation
In June 1941 Latvia was invaded by Nazi Germany as part of Operation Barbarossa - code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union…..
Read MoreA Lost World
My mother told me few stories of her life growing up in Latvia……
Read MoreA Handful of Photographs
Orphaned at the early age of eight, my Latvian grandmother was then brought up by an aunt…….
Read MoreTo Remember Me By (2)
Some more recently discovered photographs from my mother’s Latvian archive have come to light……
Read MoreKeeping in Touch
Fleeing for her life along with thousands of others in the face of the Soviet invasion, my mother left Latvia towards the end of World War 2 in the autumn of 1944….
Read MoreExile
A story as old as time itself and sadly still happening all over the world….
Read MorePiecing Together the Past
Family history can be unreliable and nebulous especially in troubled times…..
Read MoreSuspended in Time
In my mother’s box of Latvian photographs are a handful of images which I return to again and again…..
Read MoreTo Remember Me By.....
On a recent visit to my father's house, I rediscovered a box of old photos belonging to my late mother…..
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