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A unique and at the same time characteristic life story of many Latvian men for more than 90 years.
Imants Prieditis (1930) experienced service in German military units, was recruited by the Americans to operate in occupied Latvia, experienced repression by the Soviet Union and deportation to Chukotka. Being one of the last living participants of the Second World War, as well as having endured imprisonment in the Soviet Gulag camp, the author makes his individual contribution to the history of Latvia from the 1930s to the present day. For those interested in history, the testimonies given by I. Prieditis about the Second World War in Latvia and Central Europe, the resistance to the occupation, the repression by the USSR, deportation to the Russian Far East and the repressed daily life of the depressed Latvian SSR, as well as the difficult life and work stages already in free Latvia.
