Museum of Occupation

Museum of the Occupation of Liepaja, located in the Latvian city of the same name. Its expositions sanctify the period of fifty years of occupation of Latvia by National Socialist and Soviet troops. In total there were three periods 1940-1941, 1941-1945 and 1945-1991. At the exhibitions of the museum you can learn about the policy of the occupation authorities, as well as the time of Soviet and Nazi terror. The museum exhibits historical documents, photographs and various paraphernalia that testified to the change of power. Part of the halls are dedicated to the oppression of the inhabitants of Latvia, some sanctify the stages of national resistance and attempts to preserve the values of Latvian folk culture.