1947 Latvian Exiles' CalendarLatviešu trimdinieka kalendars 1947, publisher J. Grīnblats, Fürth

After finishing our first reference project to bring These Names Accuse to the web, we considered what else would be of interest. Browsing through a bookshelf upstairs at his mother's house, Peters found a DP-era1 almanac, the “Latvian Exiles’ Calendar 1947”, from his parents' time as war refugees. It seemed a good place to begin sharing historical artifacts. Not only for its preservation of events, including a calendar of historic events, births, and deaths, but especially for its pictures and poetry longing for home.

Ever-practical as Latvians are, it also includes other features, such as names' days, an 1801-1980 perpetual calendar and time zones for major cities.

While the passage of time has brought more accounts of the DP era to books and the web, there is still a paucity of accessible artifacts. We hope you find this an informative window into that era in the lives of our parents and of the collective Latvian past.