“While waiting at the counter, in my mind I went through my relatives here in Rīga, who had not been touched either… — Melānija Vanaga Psychology Copy Share Image
“To here in Siberia, we were brought without tickets, stuffed into cattle cars like livestock. We were given water and at two-day… — Melānija Vanaga Copy Share Image
“Slavery! It sounds archaic and perhaps even silly, and this word, too, people dared pronounce only in their hidden thoughts. “Slavery —… — Melānija Vanaga Human rights Copy Share Image
“Home at last! After such a long absence. And again, I remembered that I no longer had a home. Now, when it… — Melānija Vanaga Home Copy Share Image
“All at once, I felt the homeland as so very much mine, so close, so warm, so dear. Was it really necessary… — Melānija Vanaga Patriotism Copy Share Image
“The train continued on its way to Rīga. I could not peel my eyes from the window. On some hillock, an old… — Melānija Vanaga Fitness Copy Share Image
