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Radio Free Europe has gained such a mythical reputation that it is surprising, how little actual scholarly literature there is on the broadcasts or the organizations arranging them. The Inauguration of Organized Political Warfare. Cold War Organizations sponsored by the National Committee for a Free Europe/Free Europe Committee edited by Katalin Kádár Lynn and published by Helena History Press fills the gap.

On October 8, Icchokas Meras, a Lithuanian Jewish writer, would have turned 80 years old.

The legacy of the Duchy of Courland (1561/1562–1795) has a peculiar role in the history of Latvia. The colonies and trading stations of Duke Jacob in Gambia and Tobago have drawn the attention of historians and artistic professionals.

On October 6, the National Library of Lithuania hosted an educational seminar on how to use digital content in public libraries. The event brought together representatives from Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, and Vilnius municipal public libraries. NLL Lituanica Department staff gave the lectures.

Celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Estonian Archives in the United States, took place on October 25th at the Estonian church in Lakewood. Approximately 50 people were in attendance, coming from New York and around Lakewood, New Jersey, as well as some guests from afar. 

This year marks 70 years since thousands of citizens from the Baltic countries began their journey as refugees. A large number of them left their birthplaces forever.

A year of remembering the events of 1944 when Estonians fled their homeland by the tens of thousands, fled before the iron curtain descended and closed Estonia off from the world for another 47 years.

We invite you to join us for the Second Latvian Archive, Library and Material Culture Conference in Washington DC in September 2014!

Gintė Damušytė, ambassador and director of the Department of Lithuanians Living Abroad at the Ministry of Foreign Affair of the Republic of Lithuania visited the National Library of Lithuania Lituanica Department on 16 June.

For the past five years the IHRC/A (Immigration History Research Centre and Archives) at the University of Minnesota, the National Archives of Estonia, and BaltHerNet have been working on improving access to archival materials of Estonian diaspora in the U.S.