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Anna
and Ervins at "Velnu ala" near Sigulda in Latvia, 1939. |
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Arnolds
Strauss (left) born 10/5/1912 and Anna Strauss (right) born 12/12/1913 Liepaja,
Latvia. |
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Latvian
State High School for Applied Arts in Liepaja, 1989. |
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Entering
Aizpute in state of Kurzeme, Latvia. |
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Liepaja
Ethnographic Museum |
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Ervins
and Anna Apinis married on New Year's eve on 31 December 1938 at Saint Annes
Lutheran Church in Liepaja. |
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Ervins
and Anna lived in Klaipeda Street in Liepaja in late 1930's and early 1940's.
Photo taken in 1998. |
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Ervin's
and Anna's son Erik was born on 28 September 1940 in Liepaja. |
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Anna's
father Ernests Strauss would look after Erik while Anna was at work. |
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House
in Lizums in central Latvia where Ervins was born. |
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Eriks
Apinis (left) and brother Ervins Apinis (right) 1918 in Lizums, Latvia. |
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Ervin's
parents, Janis Apinis and Marta Kulle. Marta had 2 brothers and a sister.
One of the brothers operated a windmill but he and his family were deported
to Siberia on 14 June 1941. |
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Windmill
once operated in 1888 by Marta's brother Janis Kulle in Vidzeme near Velena. |
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Below-
Ervins at work as an engineer with the Department of Roads and Construction
in Liepaja, Latvia during the 1930's. |
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