This museum - the former KGB headquarters in Rīga - is not for the disinterested or the deeply traumatized by Latvia's totalitarian past. In the first group, you quickly realize that this is a very somber space. Every room has soaked up fears, tears and witnessed intimidation, humiliation, broken lives and tortured consciences... For the…Read more Ask Latvians about the Corner House and take time to listen
Month: October 2018
Why the right to vote is my privilege
Election day in Latvia is coming to an end... the important part is behind us but the interesting part is still ahead. The polling booths have closed. Now all is left is to wait for the results. I have bittersweet feelings. While voting today at the nearby polling station, I was thinking about my 95…Read more Why the right to vote is my privilege
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