Skylarks and Rebels : a Memoir about the Soviet Russian Occupation of Latvia, Life in a Totalitarian State, and Freedom.

Skylarks and Rebels : a Memoir about the Soviet Russian Occupation of Latvia, Life in a Totalitarian State, and Freedom.

Skylarks and Rebels is a story about the fate of Latvia in the 20th century as told by Rita Laima. Laima, a Latvian-American, chose to leave behind the comforts of life in America to explore the land of her ancestors, which in the 1980s languished behind the Iron Curtain. In writing about her own ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laima, Rita
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stuttgart : Ibidem Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Krievina, Rita Laima.
1940-1941
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General.
Social conditions
Latvia > Social conditions.
Latvia > History > Soviet occupation, 1940-1941.
Latvia
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Introduction; Hello! Sveiki! (Latvian) Labas! (Lithuanian) Tere! (Estonian); With gratitude; Table of Contents; Glossary; Prologue: A Country the Size of West Virginia; A Latvian Folk Tale about Ezere; PART ONE: New Jersey Latvian American Girl and Trimda (Exile); Hillside Haven; Programmed for Latvia; Catskill Summers; Latvian BohÄ#x93;ma; PART TWO: Latvia as a Battlefieldâ#x80;#x94;World War II; The Two Warsâ#x80;#x99; Long Shadows; Refugees, Immigrants, Exile; Opaps (Paternal Grandfather); Omamma (Paternal Grandmother); Dimmed Lights (Great-Grandparents); PÄ#x93;teris and DÄ#x81;rta BiÄ#x8D;olis of SÄ#x93;lija.
  • Augusts JÄ#x81;nis and AmÄ#x81;lija RumpÄ#x93;ters of VidzemeGreat-Grandparents Antons and Matilde LejiÅ#x86;Å¡ of Northern Vidzeme; Enemies of the Soviet State: A Latvian Hero and His Bride; Victims of Soviet Repression: Photographs of Velta (b. RumpÄ#x93;tere) and Eduards Rapss; PART THREE: Return to Terra Incognita; Crossing the Border; The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic; Cold Light in Rıga; 3/5 RaiÅ#x86;a bulvÄ#x81;ris; Latvian Poster Art; Farewell, Latvia!; Interlude (November 1980â#x80;#x93;September 1981); PART FOUR: The 1980s; Tuk! Tuk! Iâ#x80;#x99;m Home!; Rıga (1201).
  • Letter dated January 4, 1983 to my parents in New JerseyNew Beginnings at KrÄ#x81;mu iela 10/4a, Tel. 211951; Letters; Excerpts from a letter dated January 15, 1983 to my parents; Rıga up Close; A Strange Incident at the Rıga Bourse; Puppets and Masters; Practicum; Zeppelin: Rıga Central Market (Central Kolhoz Market); Desecration; Origin; Famous people; Dendrological material; Art in the Forest; â#x80;#x9C;Old Friendsâ#x80;#x9D; (Bookends) and the Magic of Ramave; 1983: A Wedding in Snow; In-Laws; Comme des Communistes: Trying to Look Chic in a Command Economy; The Controller Is Coming!; Leniniana.
  • Â#x80;#x9C;Communismâ#x80;#x99;s Victory is Inescapable!â#x80;#x9D;Fresh Air in the Latvian Countryside; Ghosts; Judenfrei: TamÄ#x81;ra and the Jews of Latvia; Roosters and Cats in Old RÄ«ga; JÅ«rmala; New Life; Mushrooms; The Gift; Ad Astra per Aspera: GunÄ#x81;rs Astra, Our Bright Star; Crippling Humility; â#x80;#x9C;Traitorsâ#x80;#x9D;: Remnants of Bourgeois Nationalism; Russian Boots on the Ground; Kurzeme: Strazdeâ#x80;#x94;SpÄ#x81;reâ#x80;#x94;Popeâ#x80;#x94;Ventspilsâ#x80;#x94;Ä#x92;doleâ#x80;#x94;Alsungaâ#x80;#x94;KuldÄ«ga; Vot, vot, Comrade Ilmarovna!; Entertainment; 1984: A Ruckus at St. Peterâ#x80;#x99;s; The Water Breaks; Baby Blues; MaskaÄ#x8D;kaâ#x80;#x99;s Edžus; A joke about RÄ«gaâ#x80;#x99;s monuments.
  • 1985â#x80;#x93;1986 / Squeezed1985: The Red Spot; 1986: Our Rage against the Machine: Chernobyl; Is It Easy to be Young? Latvian Youth Behind the Iron Curtain; 1986: Hoping for Change; PART FIVE: The Thaw; KlÄ#x81;vs; 1987: Depression; Sandy*; 1988: â#x80;#x9C;Rıga Retourâ#x80;#x9D;; 1987: Helsinki-86; â#x80;#x9C;Queen Latvia is Awakeningâ#x80;#x9D;; 1988: Life in an Approximation; More on Approximation; The Beginning and End of Indian Village; 1988: The Latvian Flag; June 14, 1988; Labvakar! (â#x80;#x9C;Good Evening, Latvia!â#x80;#x9D;); 1988: Baltica; 1988: Bearslayer; Bearslayer; A Stronghold in the Fatherland; The Latvian Popular Front; Litene.

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