Oral history with Valentīna Logina, 2009 November 6 (excerpt)

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract: Valentīna Logina remembers her school days during the independence period of Latvia. Valentīna recalls Latgales Latvian Song festival in Daugavpils in June 1940. She remembers the first Soviet occupation period starting from June 1940. She retells memories of her uncles Oskars and Leonards. Valentīna recounts the arrest of her father Osvalds Mosts in 1941 and his death. She retells memories of WW2, her brother Arturs, and her marriage. She left Latvia as refugee in 1944 and fled to Germany. She remembers life and work as a refugee in war devastated Germany. She emigrated to the United States of America in 1950. Life and work in the USA and obtaining further education are described. Valentīna recalls activities in the Latvian community and memories of her husband Staņislavs, also the death of her husband. She relates her experience in amateur theatre performances.

Subject	Latvia > History > Soviet occupation, 1940-1941
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees > Latvia
Genre	Filmed interviews

Note	Reformatted by Stanford University Libraries in 2015.
Note	Latvian with English subtitles
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/fg347ds0788
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Museum of the Occupation of Latvia audiovisual archive, 1994-2014

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