Sandra Kalniete was born in a Siberian village in 1952 to Latvian parents who had been banished by the Soviet regime. After Stalin's death, she and her family were allowed to return to Latvia in 1957. Kalniete went on to study art history, but has devoted her life more to politics and diplomacy than to art. She was an early fighter for Latvian independence in the 1980s and early 1990s, and served as Latvian Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva (1993-1997), to France (1997-2002), and to UNESCO (2000-2002). In 2002 she became Latvia's Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2004, she was appointed the first Latvian Commissioner of the European Union.
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"Obligatory reading matter for everyone even slightly interested in recent European history."—Svenska Dagbladet
"From the Gulag to Brussels: a journey never experienced before. At the end of her journey, as she crossed the threshold of the European Union, Sandra Kalniete's quest for justice had reached its destination." --ll Corriere della Sera
"A poignant story that reads like a novel." --ELLE readers Grand Prix, 2004, essay category
"The former Latvian Foreign Minister has written a moving story of her family—and helped to fill gaps in the historical awareness of Europe." --Der Tagesspiegel
"From the Gulag to Brussels: a journey never experienced before. At the end of her journey, as she crossed the threshold of the European Union, Sandra Kalniete's quest for justice had reached its destination." --ll Corriere della Sera
"A poignant story that reads like a novel." --ELLE readers Grand Prix, 2004, essay category
"The former Latvian Foreign Minister has written a moving story of her family—and helped to fill gaps in the historical awareness of Europe." --Der Tagesspiegel
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Kalniete's book is a moving and eloquent testimony to her family and to the Latvian nation—to their shared fate during more than fifty years of occupation. It is an indictment of the inhuman repression of both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Above all, it is the story of human survival, and it has become the most-translated Latvian book in recent history.
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Soviet Union, Janis Dreifelds, Red Army, Baltic States, Third Reich, Ligita Dreifelde, First World War, Communist Party, Aivars Kalnietis, Baltic Germans, Aleksandrs Kalnietis, State Security Ministry, Emilija Dreifelde, Santa Claus, Ligita Janovna, Ministry of Interior, Year of Terror, Jumprava Manor, Ural Mountains, Freedom Monument, Young Communist League, Midsummer's Eve, Ministry of the Interior, Latvian Riflemen, Janis Kristapovics Browse Sample Pages:
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