Andrew Ezergailis ( lv, Andrievs Ezergailis; born 10 December 1930 in

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, died 22 January 2022 in

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) was a Professor of History at Ithaca College, known for his research into the 20th-century

history of Latvia The history of Latvia began around 9000 BC with the end of the last glacial period in northern Europe. Ancient Baltic peoples arrived in the area during the second millennium BC, and four distinct tribal realms in Latvia's territory were ident ...

, particularly of the

1917 Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of governm ...

and the Holocaust in Latvia. In August 2007, Ezergailis was awarded the Cross of the Order of the Three Stars, one of the highest honors of Latvia, for his contributions to understanding the history of the country."Ezergailis Honored by Latvia"
'' Ithaca College Quarterly'', April 2006 Andrew was married to Inta Ezergailis, a retired professor of German Literature at

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Books

* 2005: ''Nazi/Soviet Disinformation about the Holocaust in Latvia: Daugavas Vanagi: Who are they?'', * 2002: ''Stockholm Documents: The German Occupation of Latvia, 1941–1945: What Did America Know?'', a collection of records of the

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, edited by A. Ezergalis * 1999: ''Holokausts vācu okupētajā Latvijā: 1941–1944'' * 1996: ''The Holocaust in Latvia 1941–1944 – The Missing Center'', Historical Institute of Latvia (in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) Riga * 1983: ''The Latvian impact on the Bolshevik Revolution: The first phase : September 1917 to April 1918'', * 1974: ''The 1917 Revolution in Latvia'' (East European Monographs, No 8)

References

1930 births 2022 deaths People from Viesīte Municipality Latvian World War II refugees Latvian emigrants to the United States 20th-century Latvian historians 21st-century American historians American male non-fiction writers Historians of the Holocaust Ithaca College faculty Academicians of the Latvian Academy of Sciences 21st-century American male writers 21st-century Latvian historians {{US-historian-stub