The history of Latvia and the Baltics is usually taught as a compendium of the histories of the foreign powers which conquered the Baltic territories over the centuries, WWII as seen through the narrative of the Holocaust, and little else. We offer a window into that history via the stories of pivotal individuals.

  • Fridrihs BriedisFridrihs Briedis (LATVIAN, Briedis: īss dzīves stāsts ar 12 ilustracijām pēc Aleksandra Plensnera manuscripta), Aleksandrs Plensners, Mikelis Goppers; David Guild, trans., 1963Biography of Fridrihs Briedis (June 23, 1888–August 28, 1918), a Latvian colonel and the first and one of the most famous Latvian Riflemen commanders. He eventually sided with the Whites against the Bolsheviks, who captured and executed him in 1918. Latvian and English translation.
  • Anatols DinbergsAnatols Dinbergs Keeper of Latvia's sovereign continuity throughout the Soviet era and the USSR's occupation of Latvia until the restoration of independence and Latvia's first ambassador to the United States and subsequently to the United Nations.
  • Vilhelms MuntersVilhelms Munters Latvia's last foreign minister during its first independence, from July 1936 to Soviet occupation, June 1940.
  • Miķelis Valters Miķelis Valters Political activist—first to state publicly that Latvian must be independent, journalist, diplomat, contributor to Latvia's multi-ethnic Constitution, and Latvia's first Minister of the Interior.
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