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HISTORY OF LATVIA

Addressing the Issues of History: 1939-1991  

Foreign Minister appeals for Remembrance Day not to be used for political purposes [07 May 2007]

Foreign Minister Pabriks invites citizens to pay tribute to the fallen but not to support political radicalism [14 Mar 2007] 

Council refutes allegations of pro-Nazi leanings in Latvia [23 Mar 2006]

Foreign Minister Pabriks invites preparation of video materials on Latvia's history [07 Mar 2006]  

Foreign Minister Pabriks: "There are politicians who would prefer to see Latvia in the past rather than in the future" [07 Mar 2006]

Foreign Minister Pabriks to officially open book launch ceremony of the book: History of Latvia. XX Century [06 Mar 2006]

Statement by Artis Pabriks, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia [15 Feb 2006]

Declaration by H.E. Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of the Republic of Latvia regarding 9 May 2005, Riga, 12 January 2005

"The Latvian Legion - how should we remember the 100 thousand?"

Commentary by Ojārs Kalniņš, Director of Latvian Institute, 10 March 2006

The Volunteer SS Legion in Latvia 

Comments by Dr. Inesis Feldmanis and Dr. Kārlis Kangeris regarding the memorandum disseminated by the Department of Information and Press Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, 13 February 2004

"The Latvian Legion: the Most Topical Research Problems"

Lecture of Dr. Inesis Feldmanis at the opening of the 7th volume of the  Works of the International Committee of Historians, 14 January 2003

    Briefing papers (The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, August 2004): 

Occupation of Latvia Three Occupations 1940-1991 Soviet and Nazi Take-Overs and Their Consequences Occupation Museum Foundation, Riga, 2005 (Adobe.pdf file 2.21MB)

The Commission of the Historians of Latvia 

• Activities of the Commission (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
• "Nazi German Occupation Policies in Latvia in the Light of Documents from the Archives of Germany", remarks by Dr. Inesis Feldmanis at the Meeting of the Historians' Commission on 23rd October 2003 
• "The Policies of the Soviet Union Occupation regime in Latvia through the Prism of Russian Archives", remarks by Dr. I.Sneidere 
• Progress Report of Latvia's History Commission: Crimes against Humanity Committed in the Territory of Latvia from 1940 to 1956 during the Occupations of the Soviet Union and National Socialist Germany

"Latvia's History: Education, Remembrance, Research", MFA newsletter

Documents, Reports, on-line Presentations

Holocaust Education in the Republic of Latvia, report to the meeting of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research, 13 December 2004, Trieste, Italy 

Action Plan 2002-2003 of the Republic of Latvia: Holocaust Education, Remembrance, Research

Latvia – a captive of superpowers in the 20^th century, a brief on-line presentation describing how successive Soviet and Nazi German invasions of Latvia during World War II led to a 50-year Soviet occupation of Latvia, the Latvian Institute, February 2005

Conference Materials, Exhibitions, Publications

Summary of Conclusions of the International Conference "Soviet Occupation Regime in the Baltic States 1944–1959: Policies and their Consequences", 13 and 14 June 2002

Presentations and Speakers at the International seminar "The Issues of the Holocaust Research", 29 November 2001

Programme of the 4th International Conference "Jews in a Changing World", Riga, Latvia, 20-22 November 2001

International Conference "Deportation of 14 June 1941: Crimes against Humanity", Riga, Latvia, 12-13 June 2001 

 
The booklet "Latvia's Jewish Community: History, Tragedy, Revival" (MFA, 2001)