Monatsarchive: September 2018

Let’s Go Together

Shall I go off and away to bright Andromeda? Shall I sail my wooden ships to the sea? Or stay in a cage of those in Amerika?? Or shall I be on the knee? Wave goodbye to Amerika Say hello … Weiterlesen

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Vilnius

Last night in a chapter entitled Europe’s Last Pagans Andres Kasekamp discussed 13th Century Lithuanian diplomacy: Mindaugas also erected a rudimentary Christian cathedral in Vilnius. His choice was political: with external aid, he defeated his internal enemies, secured peace in the … Weiterlesen

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Barlach

The most important artist working in the region was undoubtedly the sculptor Ernst Barlach (1870–1938), who lived in Güstrow from 1910. Not only did he create his most renowned antiwar sculptures there, but in the 1910s and 1920s he also … Weiterlesen

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Filologijos Fakultetas

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Vilnius Ghetto

I didn’t notice this last year, but must have walked right by it. Went to Leičiai again, and again really enjoyed it. They don’t brew the Juodas anymore, but the stout is quite good. Last year I noticed that this … Weiterlesen

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Salaspils Memorial

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Konzentrationslager Riga-Kaiserwald Denkmal

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Veep

In Latvia I can watch an American comedy about an American vice president, at a time when real estate mogul Donald Trump is in the White House and creationist Mike Pence is vice president. These two won the 2016 national … Weiterlesen

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Freedom

„For Fatherland and Freedom“ (and for Radisson?) — Riga’s Freedom Memorial is very martial and very male. Whereas in Russia I was continually struck by the extent to which war memorials showed women, grieving women especially but also women soldiers … Weiterlesen

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Stabu Street 63, Riga

This plaque memorializes the Jews who were burnt alive July 4, 1941, when a Nazi-organized group set fire to this synogogue. The synagogue is now a Montessori school. A happy face plaque has been carefully placed over the memorial plaque. … Weiterlesen

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Steffani

The word in Tallinn is that Steffani in Pärnu has the best pizza in Estonia. After lunching there I can definitely say Steffani’s was the best pizza I have ever eaten in Estonia.

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Kalevi-Liiva

My Estonian friend said this was in the news when it happened a few weeks ago, on the anniversary of an event connected with the Soviet occupation. He said it wasn’t clear what remembering the Nazi murder of Jews had … Weiterlesen

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