As Christmas 2017 approaches at the end of another busy year, I recall Christmas and New Year 1997, twenty years ago, when I visited Latvia and Lithuania over the festive season. At that time, I was studying for my PhD about Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians in Britain, and was travelling to these countries two or three times a year. I allowed myself another trip at … Continue reading Christmas and New Year in Latvia and Lithuania 1997
Hull is my home city, I was born and bred in Hull, and as a child in the 1970’s, I spent many weekends around the Hull Docks area, which is a very historical area close to the city centre, with outstanding views across the Humber Estuary. I had no idea at the time, that less than 30 years previously, large boats and ships carrying Baltic … Continue reading Hull – the experiences of Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian EVWs who arrived in Britain, via the Port of Hull, 1946-1950
Since Rebuilding Post-War Britain was published in June this year (2017) there have been some amazing reviews about the book, some of which I will mention below: Daily Mail Article (Amie Gordon, 17 May 2017): Revealed: How tens of thousands of Eastern European immigrants helped rebuild Britain in the dark days after WWII Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian immigrants played a key role in helping to … Continue reading Book Reviews – “Rebuilding Post-War Britain: Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian Refugees in Great Britain, 1946-1951”
I am really excited to announce that my new book Rebuilding Post-War Britain: Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian Refugees in Britain, 1946-51 is now out (as of 7 June 2017) (in the UK). The book is available directly from the publishers Pen and Sword via the following website: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Rebuilding-Post-War-Britain-Paperback/p/13617 It is also available via all good bookshops and online bookshops. It is also available in various … Continue reading New Book ‘Rebuilding Post-War Britain: Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian Refugees in Britain, 1946-51’, is OUT NOW!
I am really excited to announce that my new book Rebuilding Post-war Britain – Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian refugees in Britain, 1946-1951, has now been completed and is due to be published in June this year (2017) by Pen and Sword Publishers. It has been a long haul, with lots of ups and downs, but I have had a lot of help both from the … Continue reading New Book – Rebuilding Post-war Britain – Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian Refugees in Britain, 1946-1951
Below is a copy of the Conditions of Service for Baltic women employed on the Balt Cygnet EVW Scheme implemented by the British Government between 1946-47, where Baltic women refugees were recruited from DP Camps in Germany to work in hospitals in Britain, an area experiencing severe labour shortages in the post-war period. This document can be found in the National Archives, London file ref: … Continue reading Balt Cygnet EVW scheme in Britain 1946-47- Conditions of Service document
Introduction by Emily Gilbert The article below: ‘Greetings from Wales’ by Anita Šovaitė-Woronycz, was first published on the VilNews website in November 2015. I wanted to include this article on this blog because it gives a fantastic overview of the history of Lithuanians in Wales, about which very little is known in comparison to that of Lithuanians in Scotland and England. After the Second World … Continue reading Lithuanians in Wales: an article by Anita Šovaitė-Woronycz: ‘Greetings from Wales’
The Lithuanian Catholic Church has fascinated me for many years. My interest began during my undergraduate history degree when I wrote my dissertation on the role of the Lithuanian Catholic Church in the Lithuanian nationalist movement. To research this, I serendipitously came across a journal called: The Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania (Kronika), which was a samizdat journal translated into English which I … Continue reading The Lithuanian Catholic Church and the Lithuanian community in Great Britain
I am delighted to host a guest blog post by Susanna Brazauskas, a second generation Lithuanian, whose parents both came to Britain on the European Volunteer Worker Schemes in 1946-47, and who later re-emigrated to Canada after the labour restrictions were lifted in 1951. Susanna’s mother Marta came to Britain to do nursing, and her father, Zigmas, was recruited to work in farming. This moving … Continue reading Guest Blog Post: ‘Going Home’ by Susanna Brazauskas
(All photographs courtesy of Alex Mazers) I recently met with Alex Mazers a second generation Latvian in the South West who is trying to research her Latvian family history. Unlike many other second generation Latvians, Alex did not spend a lot of time with other members of the Latvian community when she was growing up, and is now taking a keen interest in researching the … Continue reading A Latvian Dictionary from the Displaced Person’s Camps and how it tells a story of life in the DP Camps for Latvian DPs
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