Blood in the forest: the end of the Second World War in the Courland Pocket
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Plates vi
List of Maps ix
Preface x
Acknowledgements xii
Notes on Language xv
L Maybe it’s Easier to Forget 17
2. Leaving Riga 25
3. God, Thy Earth is Aflame 36
4. A Taste of What s to Come 46
5. One Man’s War Museum 57
6. Now its Total War 62
7. The Men Who Fought for Hitler 76
8. From Refugee to President 86
9. Winter Joins the Fight 92
10. The Christmas Battles 99
11. A Morning with the Bomb Squad 107
12. Bunkers in the Snow 113
13. The Silent Stones of Zlekas 124
14. Liepaja and its Troubled History 134
15. Karosta Prison and the Dunes at Skede 145
16. The Baltic Coast ֊ North to Ventspils 151
17. The SS State in Dundaga 167
18. A Beautiful Beach where the Tanks Reached the Sea 178
19. If These Trees Could Tell Stories 188
20. The Last Resting Place of a Soldier 194
21. Even the Dead Were Bombed 203
22. Capitulation and Defeat 210
23. Peace, of a Sort 221
24. Escape from a Death Camp 234
25. Only the Memory of Victory Remains 242
Appendix
I The Barcelona of the Baltics 250
Bibliography 255
Index 260
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Index
Index of People
Abens, Aija 227-229
Altbergs, Toms 3T33
Ancāns, Roberts 102-103
Anders, Edward 143
Andžāns/Andžāne family 131
Ansons, Žanis 103
Arājs, Viktors 18-19, 82
Bagramyän, Ivan Khristoforovich 42, 48,
34, 64, 242
Balodis, Jānis 137-138
Bangerskis, General Rūdolfs 20, 50, 70,
72-73
Barkāne/Barkāns family 131
Barševskis, Aldis xii, xv, 41, 43-45
Baumgards/ Baumgarte family 130
Benjamin family 64
Bidermann, Gottlob Herbert 50, 52, 95-96,
100, 179, 194,210-211
Bllvis, Jänis 41-42
Blosfelds, Mintauts 49
Blūmentāls, Arvīds 44, 174-175
Blums, Jānis 196, 198-199
Bogdanova family 127
Bonitz, Woldemar 138-139
Braunbergs, Emīls 65-69
Brucis, Ilgvars 57, 59
Čakste, Jānis 43, 151
Čakste, Konstantīns 151-152, 163
Cebergs, Arvids 218-219
Ceriņš, Mārtiņš 189-192
Čevers, Pēteris 224
Churchill, Winston 81, 197
Dankers, General Oskars 48, 70-71
Dönitz, Admiral Karl 22, 92-93, 195-196
Doronina, Lydia 152, 165
Dumpe, Arta 25-26, 105, 176, 185
Eglītis, Andrejs 37-38, 45
Fabriciuss, Jānis 162-163
Fischer, Otto ‘Shloime’ 142, 150, 250-253
Fonzelis, Jānis 156-157
Freimane, Jautrite 171, 174-175
Frost, Matis 169, 174
Garūta, Lūcija 37-38
Gataulin, Pilot Captain Anvar 216-217
Grigoriev, Ivan Yakovlievich 189
Grīnbergs, Žanis 79, 82
Gustovskis, Artis 76, 82-83, 85, 117, 119,
126, 128-130, 196, 198-199
Hilpert, Generaloberst Carl 195,215
Hitler, Adolf 20-22, 25, 31, 46-48, 62, 65,
70, 87, 92, 136-137, 149, 184, 195, 213,
226, 247
Ivanova, liana 148-150, 250, 253
Jeckein, SS Obergruppenführer Friedrich 19,
50, 70-71, 116-118, 125-126, 132-133,
135, 161, 230, 235
Jēkabsons/Jēkabsone family 124, 127-128
Juris, Andrejs 63-64
Kalniņš, Alfreds 37
Kalpaks, Oscars 203, 248
Ķeizars family 127, 129
Klinke, Egon/Egons 170, 238-240
Knēts, Herberts 117, 119, 123-126,
128-132, 161
Konovalov, Vladimir 135-136
Krauze brothers 63-64
Krišanovskis/ Krišanovska family 125, 127
Kröschel, Max 167, 169
Krüger, Obergruppenführer Walter 213
260
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Krūmiņa, Rita 136-139
Kurdis, Jānis 114, 116-117, 155
Lācis, Vilis 64-65, 179, 182, 221, 228
Lasmane, Valentina 163-166, 258
Leite, Austra and family 127, 129
Leitis family 127
Lejnieks, Captain Oscars 107-109
Lelis, Andris 28, 109
Lemkina, Anna 252-253
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich 191, 202
Leščanovs, Antons 77, 79, 81-83
Linkimer, Kalman 143
Maloschek, Villy 251-252
Mežeckis, Dmitrijs 109-110
Miķelsons, Roberts 204-206
Moker, Michael 246-247
Neumann, Wilhelm 225
Ozola, Agrita 65, 70, 75, 179, 181-182
Panfilov, Ivan Vasilyevich 30, 206
Pflugbeil, Generaloberst Kurt 41,213
Philby, Kim 89, 153
Pūce, First Lieutenant Aigars 107-109
Puķīte, Alfrēds 114-115
Pūliņa, Aina 172-173, 175-176
Pūliņa, Alanda xiii, 171, 174-175
Purvītis, Wilhelm 225-226
Putin, Vladimir 87, 89-90, 230
Raķis, Juris 145-147
Rego family 128
Remess, Andžils 139-142, 253
Retchko, Vasili 122
Rubenis, Roberts 113, 115-118
Rudorffer, Major Erich 94
Samsonov, Vladimir Sergeevich 188-189
Sarva family 126
Saute family 127
Schmidt, Klaus-Georg 243-247
Schörner, Generaloberst Ferdinand 48, 50,
52-53, 114
Schubert, ‘Pistol* 235
Sedols family see Seduls, Roberts
Seduis, Roberts 143, 148
Shlyakova, Aleksandra Nikolaevna 217-218
Shpungin, Avraham 169, 174
Silgailis, Artūrs 19-20, 47, 53, 105, 181,
194, 213
Šiliņš, Leonīds 153, 156, 163-164
Sipeniece, Biruta 207-209
Sipenieks, Roberts 203-207
Šiškins, Igors 231
Sjodin, Yngve “Inka” 242-243
Šķēle Family 125, 127-128
Skuja, Valters 33, 35
Sorge, Gustav/’Iron Gustav5 167, 235
Stabulnieks, Pēteris 54-55, 100, 103-104,
212, 214
Stalin, Joseph 20, 42-43, 46, 62-63, 80, 86,
90, 101, 166, 182, 229
Stanga, Leonhards 179-182, 186, 227-229
Stanga, Livija 179-180, 182
Stendere Family 128
Straujuma, Laimdota 231-232
Sunina, Austra 80
Supe family 124, 126
Supe, Matvejs 126, 128-129
Tādenberga family 127
Tils, Karlis 252-253
Turčinskis, Zigmārs 223-224
Ulmanis, Karlis 31, 107, 138, 151, 182, 218,
230, 252
Upelnieks, Kristaps 114, 116, 155
Ušakovs, Nils 230
Vārna, Karlis 182-184
Velichenko, Senior Sergeant Valeri
Feodorovich 216
Vestermanis, Marģers 167, 169, 234, 241
Vētra, Mariss 37-38
Vēzis family 128
Vīķe-Freiberga, Vaira 51, 86, 89, 94, 136,
208
Vlasov, Andrei 23
Zank, Michael 243-245
Zeklars, Helmuts 223
Zīle family 130
Zinger, Bruno 251-252
Zivcon, David 143, 147-148, 253
ZurofF, Dr Efraim 232
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Index of Places
Abava river 78, 118
Academy of Sciences (Riga) 17, 23, 25
Aizpute 28, 53, 161, 190
Arlava 37, 167, 170,235, 237
Atlantic Ocean 22, 92-93
Auce 92, 94
Auschwitz 168
Australia 22, 44, 147, 174, 176, 208
Austria 46-47, 90, 171, 175, 226, 250-251
Baltic coast 21-22, 27, 36-37, 48, 68, 136,
151-152, 250
Baltic ports 21, 28, 62, 92-93, 95, 196
Baltic Sea 17, 24, 27-28, 31, 62, 83, 90,
92-93, 95, 134, 136, 151, 157,169, 186,
196-197, 242, 253, 255
Baltic states see Baltics
Baltics 19, 23, 31,46, 57, 64-65, 70, 86, 88,
90, 142, 189, 195, 213, 221, 232, 250,
255
Bauska 39, 111, 208
Belarus 17, 32, 189, 225
Belgium 52, 57, 170
Belomor Canal 70, 122, 181
Berlin 22, 27, 36, 41, 68, 90, 108, 171, 195
Biksti 183,217
Blīdene 52-54, 78, 182-183, 194, 198, 205
Britain 22, 58, 88, 93, 146, 153, 208, 213
Buchenwald 169
Bunka 28, 52, 190, 211, 215, 244
Café Bonitz 134, 138-139, 142, 150
Canada 22, 38, 89, 134, 251
Central Prison 33, 229
Cēsis 49,87,208
Cīrava 94, 161
Corner House see Stūra Māja
Courland (Kurland/Kurzeme) 19-23, 25,
27-34, 36-37, 39-42,46,48-53, 57-59,
62-63, 65, 67, 74, 77, 83, 87, 89, 92-96,
100-101, 105-107, 110-111, 113-114,
116-117,119, 122, 124, 131, 134-135,
147,149, 151-153, 155-159, 163-165, 167,
171-172, 174,176,178-180, 183-184, 186,
188-189, 191, 194-197, 199, 204, 207, 210,
212-213, 215, 218-219, 221-222, 224-225,
230, 238, 240-244, 246-249, 253
Courland Bridgehead 21, 53, 92
Courland Pocket 21, 23, 25, 33, 36, 52-53,
73-74, 77, 107, 119, 165, 172, 174,
176, 178-179, 186, 196, 204, 207, 215,
218-219, 225, 238, 247, 249
Czechoslovakia 47, 57, 168, 171, 175
Danzig 49, 93, 116, 136, 158, 180, 197, 226
Daugava river 17, 27-28, 31, 49-51, 62,
76-77, 89, 163, 202, 230, 253
Daugavpils 31, 134, 221-222, 225
Denmark 135, 197
Dirbas 102-103
Dižķīri 128-129, 132
Dobele 21, 28, 52-53, 77, 94, 100-101, 111,
178, 188, 203, 216-218
Dreimani 68
Dresden 83, 173
Driksa river 42
Duna see Daugava river
Dundaga 28, 44, 159, 164-165, 167-172,
174, 178, 209, 212-213, 224, 234-235,
240-241
Dunika 88, 91
Dzirciems 68, 119
Džūkste 33, 52-53, 55, 58, 68, 74, 84,
99-104, 147, 182, 188, 191, 205
East Prussia 90, 184, 214, 235
Eastern Front 31, 36, 40-41, 47, 66, 179,
204
Estonia 28, 62-63, 95, 191, 201, 243
Ezere 52, 60, 203, 206-209, 216
Finland 62, 70, 181
France 52, 168, 170, 213
Gaiķi 60, 78, 199
Gdansk 152, 169
Germany 19-23, 28, 33,44,46-49, 63,
70, 76, 79, 81, 86, 88-89, 92-93, 95, 99,
103, 106, 108, 111, 114, 116, 118, 135,
140, 143, 146, 148, 159, 164, 169, 175,
183-184, 191, 195-200, 207-208, 210,
213-214, 221-222, 231, 238, 245-247,
251, 253
Gíbelas 104, 213
INDEX 263
Gotland 22, 69, 151, 156-157, 165, 186
Graudu iela 134, 138, 142
Grauzi 127-129
Grēbnera Park 39, 41, 43
Grini 152, 161
Grobiņa 53, 79, 94, 135
Halifax 134,251
Hamburg 93, 214
Hela 195-196
Herman Goering iela/street 65, 73
Hungary 168, 171, 175, 251
Irlava 55, 65, 69, 71
Ivande 79, 131
Izriedes 244-246
Jaunā Berlīne [New Berlin] 183
Jaundundaga 167, 171, 175-176
Jaunpils 26, 52, 71, 74, 77, 182-183, 217,
225-226
Jelgava Palace 39, 42
Jelgava 23, 36-45, 49, 52, 67-68, 70, 72,
84, 111, 170, 179, 181, 201, 206, 214,
216, 222-223, 226
Jugla 49, 241
Jūrkalne 152-153, 155, 158, 166
Jūrmala 64, 66, 101, 186, 199, 228
Kabile 78, 200
Kaiserwald concentration camp 167, 235
Kandava 61, 73, 78, 103, 200, 213-214
Kandava Hospital 84-85
Karosta Prison 145, 147
Kazakhstan 110, 179, 182, 217
Kemeri 68, 186, 205
Klaipeda 47-48, 140
Klapkalnciems 42, 67, 180, 186, 201
Königsberg 90, 140, 226
Kremlin 17, 67, 80, 180, 186
Kronvalda Bulvāris 73, 24l
Kuldīga 28, 37, 52, 60, 76, 79, 83-84, 86,
111, 117, 124, 126, 129, 161, 178, 190,
207, 224-225
Kurland Bridgehead see Courland
Bridgehead
Kurland see Courland
Kursīši 52, 203-204
Kursk 42, 67, 179, 213
Kurzeme Fortification see Courland Pocket
Kurzeme Katls see Courland Pocket
Kurzeme see Courland
Lake Lielauce 53, 94, 100
Latgale 25, 40, 101, 114, 122, 130, 172,
224, 240, 248
Laukmuiža 74, 172
Leningrad 26, 31, 48, 76, 102, 195, 213, 243
Lestene 25-28, 52, 55, 74, 77-78, 99,
101-102, 104-105, 176, 180, 182, 186
Lestene Cemetery 105, 186
Lestene Church 99-100, 105
Libau 94, 137-139, 144, 250
Lielirbe 28, 160
Lielupe river 39, 42, 214
Liepāja 21, 28, 31-33, 36-39, 51, 53, 62-63,
74, 79, 83-84, 86, 88, 92-96, 108-111,
134-140, 143, 145, 147-152, 155-156,
159-161, 165, 169-170, 178-180, 186,
188-191, 193, 195-198, 207, 211, 222,
228, 235, 237, 242, 250-253, 259
Liepāja Prison 79, 169
Litene 46, 57, 125, 132
Lithuania 28, 36, 48, 52, 62-63, 68, 84,
90, 138, 168, 171, 175, 203, 207, 214
Lube 235, 237
Madona 145, 147
Mazirbe 28, 167
Mērsrags 156-157
Mežaparks 122, 167
Minsk 33, 36
Mitau see Jelgava
Moscow 17-18, 22, 30-31, 33, 36, 46, 89,
102, 113, 122, 136, 201, 206, 214-215,
218, 221, 229
Mūrnieki 128-129
Museum of the Great Patriotic War
(Moscow) 22, 136
National Museum of Art (Riga) 225-227
New York 44, 115, 134,228,250-251
Novadnieki 118
Ogre 107-108
Pampāļi 30, 52, 96, 100-101, 160, 194,
204, 206-207
264 BLOOD IN THE FOREST
Paris 81, 90, 251
Paugibelas 102, 180, 246
Pāvilosta 69, 152-153, 161, 165-166, 252
Pelči Castle 52,207,225
Pienava 100, 104
Pilsblīdene 26-27, 54, 194, 201
Piltene 28, 160
Plāņi 60,73
Poland 21, 31, 36, 57, 62-63, 66, 83, 86,
90, 118,134, 152, 168, 183, 195, 197,
210, 231, 235
Pomerania 58, 135, 197
Pope 28, 131
Popervāle 167, 169-171, 234, 237, 240
Priekule 28, 48, 52-53, 94-95, 135, 140,
178, 188-193, 195, 203, 243, 247
Prussia 62, 116, 134
Pūre 182, 184
Putnakrogs 53, 77
Puze Lake 118-119,130
Raina Bulvāris 180, 223, 248
Remte 26, 55, 60, 78, 198-199, 201
Renda 113, 117
Rēzekne 76, 107, 222
Riga 17-19, 23, 25, 27-28, 31-33, 36-39,
42, 46, 48-52, 62, 64-65, 67-68, 72-74,
76-77, 86, 88, 95,109, 114, 118, 122,
132, 134, 137-138, 145, 152, 154-157,
163, 167, 169-170, 178-183, 186, 198-199,
202, 208, 216, 221-231, 234-235, 238,
241-243, 245,247-249, 251-253
Riga, Gulf of 17, 27-28, 37,42, 46, 67, 95,
156-157, 186
Rltelu cemetery 204, 209
Roja 159, 167, 237-238
Romania 36, 62, 208, 243-244
Rose Square see Rosenplatz
Rosenplatz 134, 137
Rumbas 74
Rumbula 18, 167, 230
Russia 17, 23, 25, 32, 36, 39, 46, 50, 57,
62-63, 70, 77, 82, 87, 90, 110, 119, 122,
131, 134, 138, 146, 149, 159, 197, 210,
231, 248
Sabile 94, 200
Sachsenhausen 169, 235
Saka 152-153, 161
Saldus 26, 28, 32, 52-53, 84, 92-93, 95-96,
100-101, 107, 110-111, 178, 182, 188,
190, 194, 203, 205-206, 243, 245-247
Seelager Dondagen 167, 171
Seme Lake 67-68
Siberia 21-22, 31, 33-34, 46, 54, 58, 64-66,
68, 70, 74, 82-83, 88, 90, 103, 108-109,
138, 174, 176, 184, 191, 199, 203,
206-207, 214, 219, 222, 225-227
Šķēde 135, 142-143, 147-148, 234, 253
Skrunda 28, 52, 93-96, 101, 194, 196
Sloka 50,77
Smiltene 79, 183-184
Soviet Union 23, 28, 31, 36, 38, 46-47, 57,
63, 69-70, 86, 90, 99, 130, 136, 146, 151,
158, 166, 182, 184, 202, 213, 216-217,
227, 231, 241
St Anna’s church 39, 42,44
St Gertrūdes Church 37-38
St Peters Church 17, 28
St Petersburg 149, 181, 200, 225
Stalingrad 21, 37,41, 43, 53, 67, 213, 217,
224
Staraya Russa 101-102, 205
Stedini 96, 100, 203
Stende 37, 78, 167, 199, 235
Stettin 197
Stockholm 38, 44, 156, 165, 219
Stūra Māja (Corner House) 181, 227, 247
Stutthof concentration camp 116, 152,
169
Sweden 22, 28, 38, 89, 94, 136, 151-156,
158, 163-165, 186, 196, 219
Svvinemünde 83, 197
Switzerland 149, 251
Tallinn 206, 226
Talsi 26, 28, 37, 80, 102, 111, 113-114, 159,
167, 174, 176, 224, 240
Tirgoņu iela 143, 148
Trade Canal 145, 250
Tukums 28, 40, 42, 52, 62-63, 65-73,
77, 84, 93-94, 111, 122, 145, 160, 169,
179-182, 185-186, 198, 200-201, 205,
235
Ugāle 28, 113-114, 119,170, 172, 212, 224,
236
Ukrainę 32, 110, 163, 173, 217, 231, 248
INDEX 265
USA 22, 64, 81, 103, 134, 138, 143, 133,
163, 176, 189, 197, 199, 208, 209, 228,
241, 251
Usma Lake 113,116-118
Vaiņode 25, 52, 170, 178, 190
Ve cs āti 126, 129
Velikaya river 76, 101, 119, 197
Venta river 133, 158-159, 237
Ventspils 21, 28, 32-33, 37, 62-63, 68,
74, 84, 92-96, 100, 111, 119, 124, 126,
129-130, 134, 137-138, 151, 155-164,
167, 170, 172-174, 178-180, 186, 195-196,
198
Viveri 118, 125-127, 129
Vidzeme 25, 40, 101, 105, 114, 147, 172,
183, 224, 248
Vienna 68, 250-251
Vitebsk 36, 42
Vītolu iela 135,137,142-143
Vladivostok 59-60, 90
Volkhova 26, 205
Warsaw 17, 36, 207
Willow Street see Vītolu iela
Yugoslavia 213, 251
Zebrus Lake 94, 100-101, 104, 194
Zemgale 101, 114, 218
Zilumi 118, 125, 127, 129
Zlēkas 20, 113, 116-117, 119, 123-129, 132,
161, 163, 230
Zūras 119, 122
Zvārde 52, 203
Zvejnieki 102, 104, 203
Index of Military Formations Units, Paramilitary Organisations, Partisans
8th Guards Rifle Division 30, 206
10th Latvian Riflemen Corps 73
11th SS Freiwilligen Panzer Grenadier
Division Nordland 243, 247
15th Grenadier Division 19, 22, 44, 58, 68,
76, 83, 108, 116, 119, 122, 146, 181, 197,
238
18th Army 48, 161
19th Division 19, 34, 38, 54, 58, 60, 73-74,
76-77, 83, 102-105, 114, 146, 191, 205,
213-214, 224, 245
24th Saxon Infantry Division 60, 73
43rd Grenadier Regiment 194, 198, 224
43rd Guard Division 73, 101-102
106th Grenadier Regiment 101
121st Guard Regiment 73
126 Infanterie Division 211
130th Latvian Riflemen Corps 74, 101, 191
438th Grenadier Regiment 100, 179
Aizsargi (Home Guard) 32, 59-60, 66, 108,
114, 221
Aräjs Kommando 18-19, 65, 82, 147, 224,
253
Army Group Courland see Heeresgruppe
Kurland
Army Group North 52, 68, 114
Death squads 63, 113, 128, 135, 214, 221,
253
Dutch SS 40, 59, 243, 247
Einsatzgruppen 18, 214, 221
Einsatzkommando 18, 40
EOD 54 107, 109
Forest Brothers (Meza Bräli) 22, 117
German Army 34, 47-48, 51, 58, 66, 70,
74, 77-78, 80-81, 84, 86, 114, 118-119,
122, 126, 130, 132, 135, 146-147, 170,
175, 194, 199, 201, 213, 240, 244
Gestapo 88, 146, 214, 229
Green Hearts see Jagdgeschwader 54
Heeresgruppe Kurland 195-196
Hiwis (Hilfswillige) 23, 113, 178
Home Guard see Aizsargi
Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG-54 ‘Green
Hearts’) 94, 179
JG-54 see Jagdgeschwader 54
INDEX 265
USA 22, 64, 81, 103, 134, 138, 143, 153,
165, 176, 189, 197, 199, 208, 209, 228,
241, 251
Usma Lake 113,116-118
Vaiņode 25, 52, 170, 178, 190
Vecsäti 126, 129
Velikaya river 76, 101, 119, 197
Venta river 133, 158-159, 237
Ventspils 21, 28, 32-33, 37, 62-63, 68,
74, 84, 92-96, 100, 111, 119, 124, 126,
129-130, 134, 137-138, 151, 155-164,
167, 170, 172-174, 178-180, 186, 195-196,
198
Viveri 118, 125-127, 129
Vidzeme 25, 40, 101, 105, 114, 147, 172,
183, 224, 248
Vienna 68, 250-251
Vitebsk 36, 42
Vītolu iela 135, 137, 142-143
Vladivostok 59-60, 90
Volkhova 26, 205
Warsaw 17, 36, 207
Willow Street see Vītolu iela
Yugoslavia 213, 251
Zebrus Lake 94, 100-101, 104, 194
Zemgale 101, 114, 218
Zilumi 118, 125, 127, 129
Zlēkas 20, 113, 116-117, 119, 123-129, 132,
161, 163, 230
Zūras 119, 122
Zvārde 52, 203
Zvejnieki 102, 104, 203
Index of Military Formations Units, Paramilitary Organisations, Partisans
8th Guards Rifle Division 30, 206
10th Latvian Riflemen Corps 73
11th SS Freiwilligen Panzer Grenadier
Division Nordland 243, 247
15th Grenadier Division 19, 22, 44, 58, 68,
76, 83, 108, 116, 119, 122, 146, 181, 197,
238
18th Army 48, 161
19th Division 19, 34, 38, 54, 58, 60, 73-74,
76-77, 83, 102-105, 114, 146, 191, 205,
213-214, 224, 245
24th Saxon Infantry Division 60, 73
43rd Grenadier Regiment 194, 198, 224
43rd Guard Division 73, 101-102
106th Grenadier Regiment 101
121st Guard Regiment 73
126 Infanterie Division 211
130th Latvian Riflemen Corps 74, 101, 191
438th Grenadier Regiment 100, 179
Aizsargi (Home Guard) 32, 59-60, 66, 108,
114, 221
Aräjs Kommando 18-19, 65, 82, 147, 224,
253
Army Group Courland see Heeresgruppe
Kurland
Army Group North 52, 68, 114
Death squads 63, 113, 128, 135, 214, 221,
253
Dutch SS 40, 59, 243, 247
Einsatzgruppen 18, 214, 221
Einsatzkommando 18, 40
EOD 54 107, 109
Forest Brothers {Meza Bräli) 22, 117
German Army 34, 47-48, 51, 58, 66, 70,
74, 77-78, 80-81, 84, 86, 114, 118-119,
122, 126, 130, 132, 135, 146-147, 170,
175, 194, 199, 201, 213, 240, 244
Gestapo 88, 146, 214, 229
Green Hearts see Jagdgeschwader 54
Heeresgruppe Kurland 195-196
Hiwis (Hilfswillige) 23, 113, 178
Home Guard see Aizsargi
Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG-54 ‘Green
Hearts’) 94, 179
JG-54 see Jagdgeschwader 54
266 BLOOD IN THE FOREST
KGB 22,46, 89, 145, 153-154, 180-182,
224, 229, 238, 240, 247
Kriegsmarine 136, 159-160
Kureliesi 114, 116, 146, 154, 163, 237
Latvian Air Legion 23, 93
Latvian Army 38, 40, 46, 57, 88, 102, 132,
228, 237
Latvian Legion 19-20, 23, 25-27, 33-34,
41,43-45, 47-49, 53-54, 58, 59-60,69,
71-72, 74, 76, 79, 81-82, 89, 100-103,
105, 113-116, 122, 127, 145-147, 154,
160-162,164-166, 170, 174, 179, 181,
183-184, 191, 194, 199, 204-205,
212-213, 219, 221-222, 224, 231-232,
238
Luftwaffe 95, 119, 159, 170, 178, 183, 213
Meža Brāļi see Forest Brothers
NATO 45, 108, 248
NKVD 22, 46, 64-65, 77, 82, 108,
145-146, 221, 223
Partisans vii, 20, 22-23, 70, 76, 79-81,
105-106, 113-114, 116-119, 120-123,
126, 129, 131-133, 146, 161, 163, 165,
170-171, 181-182, 185, 199, 206, 213,
223-225, 234-235, 237-238, 240, 245,
249
Police 18-19, 22,40, 44, 50, 53, 60, 66,
70-71, 78, 88, 108, 116, 125-126, 128,
152, 161, 167, 171, 178, 185, 213, 221,
224, 227,230, 235, 239-240
Red Army 18, 20, 23, 25, 27-28, 31-36,
40-43, 45-46, 48, 50-51, 53-54, 57-58,
60, 63-67, 74, 78, 94-95, 101-104,
109-110, 113-114, 119, 130-132, 135,
137-140, 146-147, 162-163, 166, 169-172,
178, 184-185, 188-189, 194-196, 202,
205, 211, 213, 215-217, 221-222, 224,
241-243, 253
Red Arrow see Sarkanā Bulta
Rubenis Battalion 20, 113, 115-118, 125,
133
Russian Army see Red Army
Sarkanā Bulta 80, 113, 117, 129, 131
Schutzmanns 239
Self-Defence Squad 65, 152
Soviet Army see Red Army
SS 18-19, 50, 59, 68, 70-73, 81, 102, 108,
116, 143, 157-161,164-165, 167, 169-171,
181, 200, 213-214, 230, 232, 235, 239,
243-244, 246-247
Suchmani 66
Territorial Army 57, 59
Vlasov Army 23
Waffen-SS 19, 47, 53, 102, 158, 165, 178,
231-232, 245, 247
Wehrmacht 32, 36, 159-160, 168, 178, 188,
196, 213, 246
Wildcats 116-117
Zambis group 122
Index of General Miscellaneous Terms
Agrarian Union 151
Allies, [Western] 19, 33, 44, 58, 86-87, 103,
195,206-207, 225-226, 235
Annexation (of Latvia) 63, 86, 90, 231
Austrian Embassy 150, 253
Baigais Gads see Year of Terror
Baltic Germans 31, 39, 63, 66, 135, 184,
225-226
Bermontians 38-39, 135
Bolsheviks 25, 31, 37-38, 47, 62, 64, 66, 70,
73, 87, 101,135, 138, 162, 229, 248
Brdlu Kapi see Brothers’ Cemetery
Brothers’ Cemetery 25, 27, 105, 110, 201, 218
Cheka 224, 227, 229
Christmas Battles 25, 58, 74, 76, 82, 99,
101, 178, 213, 246
Collaboration 48, 66, 91, 135, 149, 162,
221, 228, 230, 232
INDEX 267
Communists 19, 47, 65, 82, 88, 91, 101,
113, 126, 163, 181-182, 202, 218, 221,
223, 232
Concentration camps 19, 89, 116, 152, 167,
169-170, 234-237, 240-241
Daugavas Vanagi 76, 115
Deportations 22, 28, 31, 34, 38, 41, 46-47,
60, 63-65, 68, 70, 90-91, 103, 138,
140, 149, 152, 174, 182, 184-185, 203,
205-206, 219, 221-225, 232, 249
Diggers 28-30, 109, 160, 242-243
Displaced Persons/Displaced Persons’/
Displacement Camps 22, 58, 76, 86, 89,
136, 215, 228
Dogtags 29-30, 110, 160, 239
Dutch workers 168, 170
Execution room 228-229
Fascism 20-21, 149, 152, 217
Filtration/Filtration camps 35, 70, 88, 108,
119, 122, 166, 184, 222
First World War 25, 32, 37-39, 52, 57,
62-63, 81, 86-87, 135, 138, 152, 162-163,
176, 184-185, 191, 206, 213, 218, 225,
250
Forced labour 21-22, 46, 48, 159, 167, 170
Freedom Monument 25-26, 231, 248
Ghettoes 18-19, 142, 167, 237, 241
God, Thy Earth is Aflame 37
Gulags 46, 54, 90, 146, 182
Heroes of the Soviet Union 136, 188-189,
216
Hertha Vienna 251-252
Holocaust 18-19, 87, 134, 142-143,
147-150, 170, 175, 225, 232, 241, 253
Iron Cross 71, 76, 82, 119, 132, 141, 198,
205
Jews 18-20, 31, 39-40, 62-63, 65-66, 82,
87, 89, 118, 134-135, 137-138, 142-143,
145, 147-149, 152, 164-165, 167-172,
174-175, 182, 204, 226, 229-230, 232,
234-235, 238, 240-241, 249-251, 253
Jewish Heritage Foundation 148, 250, 253
Knight’s Cross 102-103
Kolhozes 129, 208, 223
13 135-136
Labour camps 46-47, 64, 83, 118, 158, 201,
214
Lāčplēsis Day 38, 89, 99, 219
Latvian Central Council 22, 114, 116, 151,
153-154, 163-164
Latvian independence 17, 31, 73, 81-82, 87,
114, 116, 137, 165, 225, 230, 248
Latvian Self-Administration 47-48, 151
Latvijas Centrālā Padome see Latvian
Central Council
LCC see Latvian Central Council
LCP see Latvian Central Council
Leģenda 28-30, 109, 242-243
Legionnaires’ Day 48, 76, 89, 197
Liv people 28, 35
Massacres 18-20, 33, 40, 46, 48, 57, 65, 70,
89, 124-125, 132, 134-135, 143, 147-148,
177, 152, 161, 167, 186, 219, 221, 230,
232, 234, 249-250, 253
MI6 89, 153
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact 31, 62, 87, 184
Mother Latvia 25, 27, 105, 185-186, 230
Murder see Massacres
National anthem, Latvian 31, 140, 145
Nuremberg trials 45, 143, 226, 253
Olimpija Liepāja 250-253
Operation Bagration 36, 43
Operation Barbar ossa 31, 135
Operation Hannibal 135-136
Operation Thunder 49, 51
Pērkonkrusts 65, 231
Pogroms 18, 39, 134, 138
PoW/PoWs see Prisoners of War
Prinz Eugen 68,95
Prisoners of War 21, 27, 32, 50, 113, 141,
147, 159, 170-171, 178, 191, 222
Propaganda 18, 47, 87, 91, 118, 126,
145-146, 229-230
Rape 20, 48, 66, 127, 130-132, 141, 215,
221
268 BLOOD IN THE FOREST
Refugees viii, 20, 22, 40, 49-52, 74, 79, 84,
113, 129-130, 135-136, 139-140, 142,
153-154, 157, 163-165-166, 171-172, 198,
228, 239, 250
RFK see Rigas Futbola Klubs
Rigas Futbola Klubs 251-252
Russian Empire 18, 63, 134, 137
Simon Wiesenthal Centre 232
Slavē labour see Forced labour
Sodai Democrats 151
Soviet occupation 28, 31, 34, 41, 47, 63-64,
66, 70, 90, 101, 105, 109, 163, 172, 206,
219, 253
Soviet rule 22-23, 185, 221-222
Treaty of Mutual Assistance 46,63, 137
U-boats 21, 92-93
War of Independence, Latvian 25, 31, 38,
48, 63, 146, 162, 230
Western Front 29, 52, 99
Wilhelm Gustloff 136
World War I/One see First World War
YadVashem 147-148
Year of Terror (the Baigais Gads) 31, 33,
40, 46-47, 82, 138, 146, 172, 180, 219,
221
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| spelling | Hunt, Vincent 1963- Verfasser (DE-588)1132066913 aut Blood in the forest the end of the Second World War in the Courland Pocket Vincent Hunt Solihull, West Midlands, England Helion & Company Limited 2017 268 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen (some color), Karten 25 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Weltkrieg (1939-1945) Kriegsende (DE-588)4114316-4 gnd rswk-swf Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 gnd rswk-swf Kurland (DE-588)4033801-0 gnd rswk-swf World War, 1939-1945 / Campaigns / Latvia / Courland Kurland (DE-588)4033801-0 g Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 s Kriegsende (DE-588)4114316-4 s DE-604 Digitalisierung BSB Muenchen - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029684528&sequence=000006&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB Muenchen - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029684528&sequence=000007&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Literaturverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB Muenchen - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029684528&sequence=000008&line_number=0003&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Register // Personenregister Digitalisierung BSB Muenchen - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029684528&sequence=000009&line_number=0004&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Register // Ortsregister Digitalisierung BSB Muenchen - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029684528&sequence=000010&line_number=0005&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Register // Sachregister |
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