Memorial stone of Alfred Riekstiņš Memorial site

At the beginning of 1945, fierce battles were still taking place in the Courland fortress, where Latvians were fighting in the ranks of the German army. One of them was Alfrēds Riekstiņš in the 19th division. For his bravery, Riekstiņš was awarded the Knight's Cross and presented it at the Remte Castle. Shortly before the capitulation, he became a lieutenant.

Alfred Riekstins, a Latvian legionnaire, was recruited to work with the US intelligence agency, the CIA, after World War II.

The Cold War intelligence and counterintelligence battles between the West and the USSR involved agents from both sides and double agents. Since the 1920s, the Soviet security services had developed a completely new means of protecting the regime: disinformation. A term that was previously unknown in the West.