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The year 2011 marked the 70th anniversary of the deportations of June 14 1941, when 15 425 residents of Latvia (Latvians, Jews, Russians, Poles) were...

In the documentary, director Dzintra Geka has created an engaging portrait of Latvian painter Juris Jurjāns. The film delves into his world,...

Near the end of the Second World War, when it became clear that Latvia would be re-invaded by the Soviet Army, some 150,000 of its citizens fled to...

Latvians have left their land for all corners of the earth over the last centuries – either driven out for disobeying the powers at large, or...

The significance of Kurts Fridrihsons reaches beyond the importance of his art, because during the Soviet period there were not many personalities...

The children who were sent to Siberia in 1941 have not seen their fathers – in their memories they recollect: “My father was arrested, he...

The story of the world-renowned Liepāja-born cinematographer Eduard Tisse, whose wife was convinced it was he who created all the famous films...

In January 2011, Latvia commemorated the 20th anniversary of the tragic events that occurred in January 1991. Film producer Andris...

Andris Caune, Ojārs Grensbergs, Imants Grāvītis and Jānis Zemtautis spent many years in the Gulag camps. They survived. In...

The story of the secret of self-creativity, the loneliness of the soul, the meridians of con-sciousness and the scope of man. Ilmārs Blumbergs...

This is a film about the return of an individual to the Far North, and to the past. Agapitova, Igarka – the vast lands of Siberia, to which...

In 1941 almost 4,000 children under the age of 16 were deported from Latvia to Siberia. Some returned to Latvia, many perished, and many were left in...

Interviews were conducted over a seven year period with 670 people who were deported to Siberia as children in 1941. Fragments of their memories form...

People who were forcefully deported from Latvia to Siberia by the Soviet Union in 1941 and 1949 when they were kids. They haven't come back. Many...

The 1949 deportations were one of the most tragic aspects of contemporary Latvian history. 43,000 people were deported to Siberia for life, with...