Uldis Neiburgs, (Dr. hist., LU Latvijas vēstures institūta pētnieks)

Dr. hist., LU Latvijas vēstures institūta pētnieks

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Aftermath: What happened to the Latvian Legionnaires after the war?
Aftermath: What happened to the Latvian Legionnaires after the war?
Discussions about the activities of Latvian soldiers in World War II are extensive but less is written about the post-war fates of combatants. While those who fought - willingly or unwillingly - for the Red Army were lauded as heroes by occupying Soviet forces, the fate of former
Latvian Legionnaires was quite different: incarceration in filtration camps and camps in the Gulag and decades of restrictions on work and various other aspects life.