German fascism, Soviet communism, and Latvian nationalism in the education of Latvia (1940-1944)

• Published in: Paedagogica historica Vol. 56; no. 5; pp. 624 - 641
• Main Authors: Kestere, Iveta, Ozola, Iveta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.09.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Armed Forces; Authoritarianism; Education history; Educational Change; Educational History; Fascism; Foreign Countries; Foreign Policy; Latvian teachers; Nationalism; Nazi era; Nazi groups; Pedagogy; Periodicals; Political Attitudes; Social Attitudes; Social Change; Social Systems; Teacher Attitudes; Volksgemeinschaft; War; Latvia; Germany; Germany-pre-1945

This article focuses on the position of leading Latvian pedagogues in cooperation with Nazi occupiers and the paradoxical transformation of Latvian nationalism into resistance against fascism and communism. Latvian attitudes towards Nazism were formed during Soviet occupation in 1940 when Latvian so...