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……
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In early 1943 during the Nazi occupation of Latvia my grandmother, step-grandfather and mother left Riga to go and live in Tervete, a village south west of Riga…..
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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…..
Read MoreTreading the Boards
As a child I remember very little talk about my grandmother’s younger years in Latvia…….
Read MoreA Handful of Photographs
Orphaned at the early age of eight, my Latvian grandmother was then brought up by an aunt…….
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