Paskutinė Kārlio Skalbės gimtadienio šventė Kuržemės pajūryje

1944 m. lapkričio 7 d. šviesią nuotaiką į Latvijos pabėgėlių gyvenvietę Kuržemės pajūryje atnešė poeto Kārlio Skalbės 65-ojo gimtadienio minėjimai Jūrkalnės „Laukgaliuose“. Vos po keturių dienų Kārlis Skalbe valtimi išplaukė į Švediją kaip pabėgėlis. Tai buvo diena, kai Kārlis Skalbė paskutinį kartą šventė savo gimtadienį.
„Pilkoje pabėgėlių kasdienybėje nepamirštama, šviesi patirtis buvo poeto Kārlio Skalbės 65-ojo gimtadienio paminėjimas Jūrkalnės „Laukgaliuose“. Dailininkas Niklāvas Strunkė poeto 65-mečio kreipimąsi pradėjo ruošti jau lapkričio 7 d. „Grīniekuose“. Jo darbas buvo nelengvas, kambarėliai, minios, žuvienės. triukšmas aplink [..] Visa pabėgėlių šeima tiek pavieniui, tiek grupėmis aplankė gražuolį Latviją – poetą Kārlį Skalbę. Nebuvo įteiktos vertingos dovanos, kaip kartais būtų nutikę ir kitomis aplinkybėmis, pagyrų nebuvo, tačiau kiekvienas sveikinantis atnešė savo ligotojui ir širdžiai šiltų dalykų poetas (sirgo inkstų liga) su žmona, dukra, žentu ir anūku Andrejumi „Laukgaliuose“ turėjo atskirą kambarėlį Rudens vakarų tamsą išsklaidė tik žvakės galiukas. Inžinierius ir agronomas kartu buvo atnešę dovanų butelį žibalo.
FJ Steinmanis. Ventspilio ryšių grupė – „Švedų laivai“. Ventspiliui 700. Raštų ir prisiminimų rinkinys, Torontas, 1990, p. 126.
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"Laukgaļi" house, writer Kārlis Skalbe's place of residence
"Laukgaļi" in Jūrkalne parish, the writer Kārlis Skalbe's place of residence in October-November 1944, while waiting for the refugee boat to Sweden.
Memorial sign for refugees "Sail of Hope" in Jūrkalne
The "Sail of Hope" commemorative sign for the World War II refugees who crossed the Baltic Sea by boat to the island of Gotland in Sweden in 1944 and 1945. The memorial is located in Osvalki on the dunes between the sea and Ventspils-Liepaja highway, near the public transport stop "Kaijas". It was created by sculptor Ģirts Burvis, who realised it as a sail of hope symbolising the memory of Latvian refugees.
Between autumn 1944 and spring 1945, fearing the renewed Soviet occupation but unwilling to evacuate to a devastated and threatened Germany, some Latvian citizens tried to reach the nearest neutral country, Sweden, by sea. Some of the boats were organised by the Latvian Central Council with the help of the Western Allied countries, which resulted in one of the largest refugee concentration points in Jūrkalnes parish. Besides the boats organised by the Latvian Central Council, other boats were also taken across the sea. It is estimated that about 5000 persons managed to cross the sea. The number of deaths is unknown, as no records were kept of refugees leaving the Kurzeme coast.
The voyages were dangerous because the refugees were threatened by German patrols on the coast and at sea, sea mines, Soviet aircraft and warships, as well as storms, as the crossings often took place in unsuitable and overloaded cutters and boats without sufficient fuel and food supplies, sea charts and navigational instruments. Departures from Latvia were carried out in secret. The destination of the boats was the island of Gotland, and the journeys most often started on the west coast of Courland (from Jūrkalne to Gotland is 90 nautical miles or about 170 kilometres as the crow flies).
Prison in the castle of the Livonian Order during World War II
1944-1945 in the prison set up in Livonia Oden Castle. In 2010, several members of the LCP Ventspils communication group and the movers of refugee boats were detained.
The road to "Grīnieku" houses in Vārve parish
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.
Memorial sign for refugees "Sail of Hope" in Jūrkalne
The "Sail of Hope" commemorative sign for the World War II refugees who crossed the Baltic Sea by boat to the island of Gotland in Sweden in 1944 and 1945. The memorial is located in Osvalki on the dunes between the sea and Ventspils-Liepaja highway, near the public transport stop "Kaijas". It was created by sculptor Ģirts Burvis, who realised it as a sail of hope symbolising the memory of Latvian refugees.
Between autumn 1944 and spring 1945, fearing the renewed Soviet occupation but unwilling to evacuate to a devastated and threatened Germany, some Latvian citizens tried to reach the nearest neutral country, Sweden, by sea. Some of the boats were organised by the Latvian Central Council with the help of the Western Allied countries, which resulted in one of the largest refugee concentration points in Jūrkalnes parish. Besides the boats organised by the Latvian Central Council, other boats were also taken across the sea. It is estimated that about 5000 persons managed to cross the sea. The number of deaths is unknown, as no records were kept of refugees leaving the Kurzeme coast.
The voyages were dangerous because the refugees were threatened by German patrols on the coast and at sea, sea mines, Soviet aircraft and warships, as well as storms, as the crossings often took place in unsuitable and overloaded cutters and boats without sufficient fuel and food supplies, sea charts and navigational instruments. Departures from Latvia were carried out in secret. The destination of the boats was the island of Gotland, and the journeys most often started on the west coast of Courland (from Jūrkalne to Gotland is 90 nautical miles or about 170 kilometres as the crow flies).
"Bambaļi" houses - one of the main places of accommodation for boat refugees
The restored "Bambaļi" houses in Ošvalki, Jūrkalne parish, were one of the main places of settlement for boat refugees on the coast of Kurzeme.