We have added two new buttons to the SIG page. The first is called "shtetl memories" and we have a memoir by Rita Bogdanova. (Archivist at the Latvian State Historical Archives) She went back to Leipaja( Libau) with her mother who is a Holocaust survivor and then wrote "Reminiscences of Liepaja" You can access the memoir >from the Latvia SIG page http;//www.jewishgen.org/latvia click on shtetl memories
The second button is for Book Reviews and we are privileged to post 2 reviews of Max Michelson's book entitled - "City of Life, City of Death, Memories of Riga"
This memoir by a Holocaust survivor recalls family life in prewar Riga, Latvia; describes life in the Riga Ghetto; the liquidation of the ghetto and the destruction of Riga Jewish community; and his experiences during the war years in several concentration camps in Riga and Germany.
Go to the SIG page and click on Book Reviews
Both additions can also be accessed >from the "What's New" button which has links to the Memoir and the Book Reviews.
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