Aged just 20 my mother and her friend Gloria arrived in the UK from Germany on 3rd March 1947…..
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In June 1941 Latvia was invaded by Nazi Germany as part of Operation Barbarossa - code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union…..
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My mother told me few stories of her life growing up in Latvia……
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After my grandparents separated my grandmother left the theatre never to return…..
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There are just a handful of photographs to record my mother’s early years in Latvia…..
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Some time during her stint at the Liepaja Theatre my grandmother Mirdza met and fell in love with a young actor - Evalds Valters……
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As a child I remember very little talk about my grandmother’s younger years in Latvia…….
Read MoreA Question of Identity
In the aftermath of Brexit I have found myself re-examining my European roots even more closely…..
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Orphaned at the early age of eight, my Latvian grandmother was then brought up by an aunt…….
Read MoreThe Maternal Line
It seems that acting runs in the blood in my family as both my great grandparents and grandparents were actors on the stage in Latvia…..
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