Liepāja okupāciju režīmos

About the museum

The exhibition “Liepāja okupāciju režīmos” (Liepāja under the Occupation Regimes) opened in 2001. Its aim is to keep historical memory alive and to explain the history of the loss of statehood and the periods of occupation. The exhibition is in the house that during the National Awakening was the seat of the Liepāja branch of the Popular Front of Latvia (Latvijas Tautas frontes Liepājas nodaļa).

The exhibition covers the impact of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 and the Soviet–Latvian mutual assistance treaty on the socio-political, economic and cultural life of the Liepāja region, the repatriation of Baltic Germans, the events of 1940 and 1941, Liepāja during the Second World War, the renewed Soviet occupation, the deportations of 1941 and 1949, the Gulag and the Third Awakening in 1991.

Key themes

• Exhibition on Liepāja under Nazi and Soviet occupation
• Stories about the deportations of 1941 and 1949
• Building that was the seat of the Liepāja branch of the Popular Front during the National Awakening

Permanent exhibition

• Liepāja okupāciju režīmos – Exhibition on the history of the Liepāja region under Soviet and Nazi occupation and the Third Awakening.

Founded

2001

Operated by

Liepājas valstspilsētas pašvaldība

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