Воспоминания Айвзвикиста Альфреда Лейи

"The Russians entered Latvia on July 18, 1944 near Škaune. In July-September, young men born in 1927 and 1928 were drafted into the air force. It was another betrayal of the Germans against the Latvian people. Only the rapid advance of the Russians to the west basically saved the young men of Aizvīki, including the author of these lines from service in the German army.

Many of our schoolmates remained for life sleeping in the war fields of foreign countries, not understanding what they sacrificed their lives for. Many disappeared in the expanses of Siberia and Gulag camps with the dream of the Motherland in their heads. Many still live in foreign lands, where they have planted too deep roots to tear them up and return to Aizvīki, where no one is waiting for them."

LEJA Alfreds – pedagogue, athlete, publicist.

Born on 24.08.1927. Kalėtus parish In Poland. Studied at Aizvīkai junior high school, graduated from K azdanga Agricultural Technical School (1948), State Institute of Physical Culture (1958).

Wrote the books: Jaunieši, soļiosim (1962), Oh, if I had the legs of Dāliņas (I d. 1997, II d. 2004), How nice it is in Kazdang (1999), History of the Sports Association Vārpa (1999), An endless stream of light is raining forever ( 2000), School Director's Diary (2001), together with Andri Zankovski Kaut ar sarma vizmo matos (2002), Once upon a time in Aizvīķu Parish (2004), Kāda danga in Kurzeme (2007), Kazdanga Park and its God (2008), With Flaming Hearts (2009), Aizpute sporto (2009). Participated in the preparation of the book Creative work (1967 in Moscow), as well as in the publication of Latvian sports history (1994), Latvian Olympic history (2003).

Awards: International Luda Berzisna Prize (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009), USSR Physical Culture Excellence Award (1957), All-Union Agricultural Exhibition Gold Medal (1955, 1957), LPSR Merited Trainer (1962), Agriculture Excellence Award (1963) , Excellence in public education work (1989), Gold Medal of Honor of the Order of the Three Stars (1996), Medal of Honor of the Latvian Sports Veterans Union (1997), Medal of Honor of the Latvian Sports Administration (1998), Medal of Honor of the Latvian Olympic Committee (2003), Latvian State Defense the Lāčplēsis Cavalier Medal of Honor (2003), the 100-year anniversary table medal of world record holder Jānis Daliņš (2004), the bronze medal of the Sports Glory of the Latvian Sports Veterans Union (2005) and the silver medal (2007). Kazdanga Parish Award Honorary Kazdangsnieks (2005).

Included in the brochure Let everyone sow in the land (1990) published by the Teaching Methodical Cabinet of the State Agro-Industrial Committee of the LPSR and in the number of 24 Latvian pedagogues published in 1999 who were recognized in the competition organized by the Swedish History Museum - the international project Teacher biographies in the countries around the Baltic Sea, published in Swedish, Finnish, in Estonian, Latvian. Awarded a state scholarship for lifetime contribution to the development of Latvian sports.