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Оглавление“How many years can some people exist
before they're allowed to be free?”
—Bob Dylan
“How could you live in communist Latvia?!”
—A question the author has often been asked.
Sweet sixteen: My older brother Arvils and I in Washington, DC in August 1976 to remind people of the notorious Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union on August 23, 1939, and to protest the ongoing Soviet occupation of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. For many years the Baltic exile community remained strong, politically active, and dedicated to the cause of restoring the Baltics’ independence. (Family photo)
