Arnolds Spekke
This book is not simply a historical study; its author and publishers have attempted to erect a monument to a nation that, throughout its heroic resistance to many tribulations, has never given up. The story begins in 2000 B.C. with the peoples of the Eastern Baltic littoral and continues into the 20th century, during which time the Latvians endured three ruthless foreign occupations. We learn of the desperate strugles – yet resolute vitality – of this peaceful agrarian nation that lived at the crossroads where both Western and Eastern European imperialisms have clashed throughout history.
Publisher
Jumava,
2006,
420 pages,
hard cover,
ISBN:
9984381536
In
English
Price € 28.50
Andrejs M. Mežmalis
In this book are incorporated some of the organized notes of Colonel Aleksandrs Plensners that he had compiled in 1949 in Pinneberg, West Germany. These notes provided the impetus to do additional research about the Latvian Legion and the events that took place in Latvia prior to WW II, during WW II (1940-1945) and the period immediately following WW II. Colonel Plensners was a WW I veteran and participated in the War for Independence during 1918-1920. As a career officer in the Latvian Army, he was closely connected with the history of both wars and with the molding of the Latvian Army. Later, while serving as the Chief of Staff on the staff of the Inspector General of the Latvian Legion and the Commander of the 43rd Grenadier Regiment of the Legion, he has well informed and closely associated with the events in Latvia and the Legion during the tragic period of Latvia's history. He was fluent in German and has served as the Military Attaché of Latvia in Berlin, Germany prior to the invasion of Latvia by Soviet Russia in 1940; he was also well informed about the events in Germany and about the German politics and plans for the Baltic region. He was one of the most knowledgeable officers about the various activities and the events that took place at the Eastern Front during WW II.
Publisher
Autorizdevums,
2008,
80 pages,
paperback,
ISBN:
9789984395845
In
English
Price € 13.50
Daina Bleiere, Ilgvars Butulis, Inesis Feldmanis, Aivars Stranga, AntonijsZunda
This book is designed to help to understand what happened here and why, what decisions were made and who made them, and what influences shaped Latvia and Latvians in the 20th century and which ones they hope to contunue and which ones they hope to escape in the future. It has been prepared by a group of writers on the basis of both published and archival materials. And it includes both scholary notes and a suggested bibliography.
Publisher
Jumava,
2006,
559 pages,
hard cover,
ISBN:
9984380386
In
English
Price € 41.99
Bleiere Daina, Butulis Ilgvars u.c.
The book focuses on dispersing popular myths. The most important historical events and processes are viewed in the context of European history and evaluated from the position of the Latvian state.
The work comprises a description and analysis of complicated and concealed issues that have not been discussed before – Soviet and Nazi occupation periods, their consequences, holocaust, Soviet mass deportations, collaborationism, resistance to the occupation.
Many politicians and celebrities of the period are evaluated in the book. To a certain extent, the work reveals the present development of Latvian modern time history, and outlines the issues that require further and more detailed study.
Publisher
Jumava,
2007,
532 pages,
hard cover,
ISBN:
9984384179
In
German
Price € 61.99
Bleiere Daina u.c.
The French version of the book has been compiled by several authors; thus, it comprises an extensive bibliography and presents the most objective view possible on the history of Latvia in the last century.
The book focuses on dispersing popular myths. The most important historical events and processes are viewed in the context of European history and evaluated from the position of the Latvian state.
Publisher
Jumava,
2006,
552 pages,
hard cover,
ISBN:
9789984382234
In
French
Price € 61.99
