The road to "Grīnieku" houses in Vārve parish Trail
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The road to the "Grīnieku" house in Vārve parish, where in 1944 there was one of the main settlements of boat refugees on the coast of Kurzeme.
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Memories of the boat mover V. Jurjak.
From: I. Daukste-Silasproħe. Waiting for the boat. Latvian writers as refugees in Sweden. Riga: LU LFMI, 2019, p. 82.
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