Kurzeme fortress museum in Zante Muziejus
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The museum exposition (the only museum dedicated to the Kurzeme fortress) tells richly and engagingly about the course of warfare in the Kurzeme fortress and the future fates of Latvian soldiers. On the other hand, in the open-air exhibition, you can walk around and see the restored wartime trenches, bunkers and heavy military equipment.
Working hours:
Monday - Tuesday - closed
Wednesday - Saturday - 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday - 10:00 - 15:00
It is advisable to contact in advance by phone 29442311.
Panaudoti šaltiniai ir literatūra:
Website dedicated to the Kurzeme front. Available at: http://www.kurland-kessel.de/default.html [accessed 19.02.2021].
Freivalds, O. Kurzeme fortress. Copenhagen: Source, 2007.
Lācis, V. Latvian Legion in the Light of Truth. Riga: Jumava, 2006.
Susijusi laiko juosta
Susijusi istorija
Memories of Werner Preijer, Commander of the Company of the 42nd Regiment of the Latvian Legion, about the battles of Kurzeme.
The Kurzeme fortress was formed after the fall of Riga on October 13, 1944 and the Russian break-up to Klaipeda on October 10, thus stopping traffic with Germany by road.
About found war items
In today's Latvia, the collections of various museums are supplemented by the personal collections of private individuals, which are often exhibited in public and are accessible to everyone. Many people's hobbies are ancient things, including items related to military history. Visitors often do not have an idea of the origin of these things. They suddenly appeared? In all cases, it's several years of work and an interesting, personal story about one person's interests in putting things together to make a museum out of them, for example. The narrator describes his personal experience, giving the reader an idea of the situation in Latvia after World War II. The legacy of various armies and the lack of raw materials on the farm are forcing people to find creative ways to use virtually anything to survive. Over time, the useless on the farm become valuable, historical exhibits that tell about the experience of Latvia and its people.
Stories of sunken machinery
Numerous stories of machinery sinking in swamps and lakes have survived in Latvia. Few of them are true.
Jūlij Bērziņš's testimony about the 201st (43rd Guards) Latvian Rifle Division of the Red Army in 1942-1945
In the fall of 2011, I received the memories of Jūlij Bērziņš (1900–after 1963), a Latvian living in Russia, a former soldier of the 201st (43rd Guards) Latvian Rifle Division of the Red Army (hereinafter - 201st Latvian Rifle Division; Division) - in two notebooks with a 189-page handwritten Russian story of a Latvian soldier about his experiences in the German-USSR war (1941-1945). These memories were also not commissioned work.