As a small child I had learned a great deal about my country and our people. The Baltic countries are geographically situated like a gateway to the East, an inviting location for war operations. Their resources culturally, historically, agriculturally and geographically were inviting to aggressors.Throughout the centuries they were invaded by harsh conquering forces, who stole and destroyed natural treasures and killed our people. My grandfather was one of the young men who fought for the freedom of Latvia in…..
My book is about the harrowing ordeal, sacrifice, loss, survival and love for life. It is a story of war-ravaged Europe in World War ll. I was a very small child and became a witness to the devastation in my homeland, Latvia, it was too much to bear and I became a stoic. Most of the time I was all alone, my observations had matured and became trapped in my innocent mind of a child. I started to distrust the…..