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By Stephen Baister
Bradt Travel Guides
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Touring the peaceful countryside and historic towns of Latvia is made simple with this guide. Travelers will benefit from advice on how to reach long, sandy beaches and quaint provincial villages, as well as a mass of practical information. Fascinating insights into Latvian folklore, customs, language and cuisine are provided to intrigue the curious browser and provide food for thought for travelers during their journey.
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By Jorn Holm-hansen, Hans O. Melberg & Pal Kolsto
Westview Press
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Several bipolar states of the world, such as Rwanda, Burundi, and Sri Lanka, have experienced savage bloodshed and even to the total collapse of state order. By contrast, Latvia and Kazakhstan have so far to a remarkably high degree been spared the kind of communal violence which has erupted in many other Soviet successor states. This book gives an in-depth analysis of ethnopolitics in Latvia and Kazakhstan and explores the reasons for this tranquil outcome. Of all the states of the former Soviet Union, it is in Latvia and in Kazakstan that the titular nation represents the lowest share of the total population: as of 1997, approximately 57% in Latvia and 50% in Kazakstan. In such a situation it is difficult to see how the "national" or "titular" culture (Latvian, Kazak) can serve as a consolidating element in the nation-building project. Quite the contrary: any ethnic-based nation-building, one would assume, could easily lead to increased tension between members of the titular group and "outsiders." And yet, in both these states nation-building is following the same general post-Soviet pattern: the traditions and symbols of the titular nations form the basis, while the remainder of the population, however strong it may be, gets treated as ethnic ‘minorities’. While the means employed differ somewhat, it seems fair to say that Latvian nation-building is geared towards the latvification of the Latvian state and in Kazakstan kazakification is a desired goal. But is this at all possible? Is half of the population supposed to be "integrated" into the other half--and, if so, what will be the result? Obviously, the answer to these questions need not be the same in both counties. Latvia is a small European country, the size of Ireland, while Kazakstan, straddling the European-Asian boundary, covers a territory as large as Western Europe. However, precisely the combination of important similarities and dissimilarities between the two cases is what makes a comparison of Latvia and Kazakstan a fruitful endeavor. |
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By Andrew Ezergailis
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Alfred Rosenberg, Rumbula Massacre, Riga Ghetto, Liepāja Massacres, Simon Dubnow, Daugavpils Ghetto, Edward Roschmann, Einsatzgruppen, Jelgava Massacres, Martin Sandberger, Burning of the Riga Synagogues, Einsatzkommando, Reichskommissariat Ostland, Heinz Jost, Generalplan Ost, Alois Brunner, Rudolf Lange, Latvian Auxiliary Police, Hans-Adolf Prützmann, Extraordinary State Commission, Salaspils Concentration Camp, Dünamünde Action, Jungfernhof Concentration Camp, Friedrich Jeckeln, Erich Ehrlinger, Sonderaktion 1005, Otto-Heinrich Drechsler, Konrāds Kalējs, Viktors Arājs, Herberts Cukurs, Rudolf Joachim Seck, Arajs Kommando, Wolfgang Kügler, Eduard Strauch, Rollkommando Hamann, Franz Walter Stahlecker, Karl Jäger, Hinrich Lohse, Ukrainian Auxiliary Police, Fritz Dietrich, Rudolf Batz, Jäger Report, Else Hirsch, Šķēde. Excerpt: The Rumbula massacre was the two-day (November 30, 1941 and December 8, 1941) killing of about 25,000 Jews in and on the way to Rumbula forest near Riga, Latvia, during the Holocaust. Save only the Babi Yar massacre in Ukraine, this was the biggest two-day Holocaust atrocity until the operation of the death camps. About 24,000 of the victims were Latvian Jews from the Riga Ghetto and approximately 1,000 were German Jews transported to the forest by train. The Rumbula massacre was carried out by the Nazi Einsatzgruppe A with the help of local collaborators of the Arajs Kommando, with support from other such Latvian auxiliaries. In charge of the operation was Higher SS and Police Leader Friedrich Jeckeln, who had previously overseen similar massacres in the Ukraine. Rudolf Lange, who later participated in the Wannsee Conference, also took part in organising the massacre. Some of the accusations against Latvian Herberts... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17595765 |
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By Thomas Lane & Aldis Purs
Routledge
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Since the end of the Cold War there has been an increased interest in The Baltics. This volume brings together three countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to provide a comprehensive and analytical guide integrating history, political science, economic development and contemporary events into one account. Since gaining their independence each country has developed at its own pace with its own agenda and facing its own obstacles. |
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By Carolyn Bain & George Dunford
Lonely Planet
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Nobody knows Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania like Lonely Planet. Our 5th edition has all you need to plan a trip to these three fascinating countries - lose yourself in medieval Tallinn, test your adrenalin-sport limits in Gauja National Park, or party with the locals in festival-heavy Vilnius.
Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
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Features interviews with locals, including the former president of Latvia.
Includes full-color sections featuring highlights and the best outdoor activities
Unique Green Index for easy reference to the most sustainable options.
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By Harry G. Kapeikis
Trafford Publishing
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Exile from Latvia is the story of a young boy's experiences before, during and after World War II, told endearingly, to touch the heart.
Driven from his beloved Latvia by the Soviet Army, Harijs' family flees to Germany in the hope of being captured by the advancing American forces. The family experiences hardships of all kinds - hunger, homelessness and air raids. They brush with death many times in many ways and their life is often punctuated with misunderstandings, both humorous and tragic. Presumed guilty they must prove their innocence. The continuous migration causes Harijs to lose friends constantly. These experiences shape Harijs' life, surprisingly, in a positive way, especially in the Displaced Persons' camp under dedicated teachers and scoutmasters. There are lighter moments as young Harijs discovers girls, often handling the developing attraction in awkward though humorous ways, eventually touching the heartstrings of a girl tenderly. There is laughter, love, grief, tears and longings of the heart. Finally the anticipation of an unexpected future replaces the memories of cruelty, atrocity, hate, betrayal, misunderstandings, ignorance and fear with commitment to meet the future with confidence. During the war years Harijs made friends only to lose them. He will not lose you. You'll move alongside him through the first-person escapades of a pre-teen boy looking for answers in a senseless world. |
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By Ian Baxter
Helion
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Battle in the Baltics 1944 - 1945 is an exclusive insight into the last frantic months of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1944 - 1945. From mid-August 1944 there was nothing but a drum-beat of defeats for the German Army as it fought to the grim death to try and hold back the overwhelming might of the Russians from reaching the borders of the Reich. It was in the Baltic`s where Army Group North played a decisive role in trying to stem the rout and preventing the fragile lines from finally being smashed to pieces. Drawing on a host of rare and unpublished photographs accompanied by in-depth captions, the book provides a revealing insight into the last desperate months of the war. It reveals in detail how the remnants of Army Group North were driven back across a scarred and devastated wasteland to the borders of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, East Prussia and Pomerania. What followed was the Battle of the Baltic`s where exhausted and undermanned German forces fought to almost near extinction against the constant hammer blows of Soviet ground and aerial bombardments. Everywhere disintegrating German forces tried to cling onto vital ground. Eventually after many precious German Panzer and infantry divisions were encircled and annihilated the remnants of Hitler`s once vaunted force was pushed back through the Baltic states into East Prussia, and then fought to the death in the last few small pockets of land surrounding three ports: Libau in Kurland, Pillau in East Prussia and Danzig at the mouth of the River Vistula. It was here that the final battle of the Baltic`s would take place where German troops were ordered to `stand and fight` and wage an unprecedented battle of attrition. |
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By David Flint
Millbrook Press
Library Binding (32 pages; 1)
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Describes the history, development, current status, and possible future of the former Soviet republics Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. |
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By Barbara Esbensen
Little Brown & Co (Juv)
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The winner of the 1995 NCTE Award for Poetry draws on traditional Latvian verses to tell a tale about a mouse who, traveling across a magical landscape, delivers fantastic and colorful dreams to sleeping children's rooms. |
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