Monthly Archives: May 2015

Events in Toronto Commemorating the March Deportations

In Toronto the calendar for the end of March was filled with events that recalled and commemorated the victims of Soviet repressions. The core event was an international conference entitled “Repressions and Human Rights” on March 27th, where the two main guest speakers were Bill Browder and Sofi Oksanen.

Read more May 18, 2015

“Tracing the Baltic Road to Independence in Diaspora Archives”, 30 June-2 July 2015 in Latvian Academy of Sciences, Riga

A quarter of a century has passed—or is soon to pass—since the breakthrough events which led to the restoration of the independence of the Baltic States: the “phosphorite war”, the Heritage Movement, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact AEG movement, the “Singing Revolution”, the Baltic Way, the August putsch.

Read more May 13, 2015

The Voice of Aldona Stempužis Preserved for Future Generations

The voice of Aldona Stempužis, the renowned Lithuanian mezzosoprano, whose impressive career spanned decades, has now been preserved for future generations.

Read more May 11, 2015