Following the conquest of his native Latvia by the Nazis, the author was given the stark choice: service in the SS or forced labour in a slave camp. So he ‘volunteered’ to fight for the Nazis. He describes his...
The fall of the Soviet Union marked a new era of independence for the Baltic states. But what remains of the former Soviet Union in this tiny corner of northeastern Europe? With humor and compassion, travel writer Keith Ruffles...
Before World War II, Herbert Cukurs was a famous figure in his small Latvian city, the “Charles Lindbergh of his country.” But by 1945, he was the Butcher of Latvia, a man who murdered some thirty thousand Latvian Jews....
The only book widely available on Estonian food and cooking, ‘Estonian Tastes and Traditions’ completes Hippocrenes coverage of the cuisines of the Baltic region. Estonian food is simple, based on such staples as potatoes, pork, sauerkraut, preserved fish, and...
Features the work of six of Estonia’s most renowned poets: Hasso Krull, Jurgen Rooste, Triin Soomets, Kauksi Ulle, Elo Viiding and Juhan Viiding. An anthology of the work of five highly individual poets of the younger generation together with...
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