Delayed Truth: Latvia's Struggles with the Legacies of the KGB

After years of political wrangling and public controversy, the Latvian parliament decided in fall 2018 to fully disclose the names of several thousand former KGB agents and informers. Ever since, the country has been plunged into a renewed confrontation with its recent past, all the more so as many well-known figures from Latvian cultural life appeared to have worked with the KGB. The article provides the political and legal background to the current debate and assesses the ongoing mediaAfter years of political wrangling and public controversy, the Latvian parliament decided in fall 2018 to fully disclose the names of several thousand former KGB agents and informers. Ever since, the country has been plunged into a renewed confrontation with its recent past, all the more so as many well-known figures from Latvian cultural life appeared to have worked with the KGB. The article provides the political and legal background to the current debate and assesses the ongoing media engagement with the topic.…

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Document Type:	Article
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.25626/0101
Creator and project details
Author:	Eva-Clarita Pettai GND
Editor:	Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND
Publishing Institution:	Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Title details
Title (English):	Delayed Truth: Latvia's Struggles with the Legacies of the KGB
Parent Title (English):	Cultures of History Forum
Release Date:	2020/08/24
Date of Publication (online):	2020/02/19
Date of first Publication:	2019/06/22
Language:	English
Subject indexing
DDC-Classification:	9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Collections:	Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena)
Tag:	KGB; Latvia; Soviet security police; agent names; archive; disclosure policy; historical dialogue; lustration; story-telling; transitional justice; truth-seeking
GND Keyword:	Lettland; Sowjetunion / Komitet Gosudarstvennoj Bezopasnosti; Vergangenheitsbewältigung; Geheimagent; Besetzung; Medien
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