Oral history with Roberts Pūriņš, 2002 July 12 (excerpt)

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract: Roberts Pūriņš remembers his school days during the independence period of Latvia. He retells memories of the first Soviet occupation starting from June 1940. Roberts participated in the anti-Soviet resistance movement Tēvijas Sargi. He was arrested on November 18, 1940. He tells about the Soviet court proceedings and his experiences in the GULAG forced labour camps until his release in 1943. Roberts recalls life in Ushtobe, Kazakhstan SSR and capitulation of Nazi Germany, May 8, 1945. He returned to the Latvian SSR in 1946. He describes life and work after the return. Roberts was arrested again in October 31, 1950. He relates the Soviet court proceedings and his experiences in the GULAG forced labour camps until his release in 1955. He recalls the announcement of the death of Stalin in March 1953 and tells about life after his second return to the Latvian SSR.

Interviewee	Pūriņš, Roberts, 1920-
Interviewer	Feldmanis, Andrejs Edvīns

Subject	Latvia > History > Soviet occupation, 1940-1941
Subject	Anti-communist movements > Latvia
Genre	Filmed interviews

Note	Reformatted by Stanford University Libraries in 2015.
Note	Latvian with English subtitles
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/pt451tk6067
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Museum of the Occupation of Latvia audiovisual archive, 1994-2014

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