Trip to Latvia and Lithuania

[Paul D]

Thanks for posting Nick , i've never been to Lithuania , is there much from WW2 to see ?

[Woolgar]

I took a four hour one day bus trip there from Riga so only had a few hours to spend. We did the tourist sight seeing thing.
I noticed there was a Holocaust Museum in Vilnius but didn't have time as we had to get the bus back

Nick

[robin morley]

Nice photo's Nick.

Out of interest how was the German occupation portrayed. Was there any mention of the Germans initially being seen as liberators or the volunteer SS and Wehrmacht units.

[Woolgar]

Nice photo's Nick.

Out of interest how was the German occupation portrayed. Was there any mention of the Germans initially being seen as liberators or the volunteer SS and Wehrmacht units.

There was mixed feelings as a large percentage of these States were ethnic Russian. I bought a book from the museum on the Occupations of Latvia which I'm about to start reading.

I will post any interesting facts on this post

[robin morley]

Thanks Nick,
Interesting stuff.

[Paul D]

There a couple of good books about the 3 Baltic States in WW2 , one is Between Giants by Prit Buttar and the other is Bloodlands by Timothy Snydor

[Frikorps Danmark]

Took some then and now pics while I was there

Hi.
By the way this picture is taken from burial ceremony of latvian SS Standartenführer and commander of SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 42 Voldemars Veiss, killed in action 17.04.1944.
Regards,
Peteris

[robin morley]

I concur with Paul regarding Bloodlands, a very good if somewhat depressing book.

[Woolgar]

Hi.
By the way this picture is taken from burial ceremony of latvian SS Standartenführer and commander of SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 42 Voldemars Veiss, killed in action 17.04.1944.
Regards,
Peteris

Thank you Peteris

I didn't know that

Nick

[Jetthead]

Great pictures! The side by side pictures were particularly well done.