Tere! Sveiks! Sveikas! Hello!
Mans Zelts ir Mana Tauta,
Mans Gods ir Viņas Gods
My Gold is My People,
My Honor is Their Honor
These words of the writer Rudolfs Blaumanis (1863-1908) speak more to our love of Latvia and our heritage than any others. We want to share that love and passion through our experiences and perspectives, and also lift the veil of obscurity and misinformation still enveloping Latvia and its people ((wago|fall)) years after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Collections
Our Center for Baltic Heritage explores history and culture through words, images, and personalities of the times.
Personal perspectives
Experience Latvia through our travelogues, photo features, and irregular commentary on events in the Baltics and Russian borderlands.
Exile experience
In the aftermath of WWII, Latvians were spread across DP refugee and POW camps — and the gulag.
Gallery
Our personal photographs, and reference and diaspora materials images.
News and weather
Baltic related news, Russian propaganda watch, and 5-day forecasts for Tallinn, Rīga, and Vilnius.
Reviews
Books to read — or to avoid! Buy through our links to Amazon.
Sister sites
Content we author or curate: academia.eduOur research papers and reviewsaizsargi.orgAn introduction to the pre-WWII Latvian national guardholocaustinlatvia.orgScholarship of Prof. Andrew Ezergailis on the Holocaust in Latvia, also via haolusa.org .org (Holocaust Archives of Latvia, USA)latvianlegion.orgHistory and media analysis about the Latvian Legion and investigating the hunt for "Latvian Nazis"zedelgempowcamp.beBritish-administered POW camp in Belgium holding Legionnaires after WWII.