The open-air exhibition tells the story of the destruction of the Latvian cities Rēzekne, Gulbene, Jelgava, Bauska, Valmiera and Riga in April-October 1944 by Soviet air raids and the German-USSR hostilities, showing how the architecture of the cities and their shape often changed almost as a result of the war unrecognizable.
At the same time, the exhibition, especially in the context of the current Russian aggression in Ukraine, reminds of the devastating impact of the war on all areas of society’s life, emphasizes the need to protect Latvia’s cultural and historical heritage and realize the importance of comprehensive national defense.
The authors of the exhibition are historians – Valdis Kuzmins, a researcher at the Latvian National Defense Academy, Uldis Neiburgs, a leading researcher at the Institute of Latvian History, and Jānis Tomaševskis, a historian at the Latvian War Museum.
The graphic design was created by scenographer Ineta Sipunova, the coordinator of the exhibition project is museologist, head of the “Creative Museum” think tank Ineta Zelča Símanson.
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