Ernests Brastins

I want to be Latvian for the sake of humanity.

With the extinction of my people, humanity will lose one of its forms of human expression.

No one else will ever be able to do what the Latvian people will do.

For the sake of humanity, I consider it my duty to be a Latvian.

E. Brastins

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Scientist, historian, folklorist.

Graduated from Stieglitz School of Arts in St Peterburg, Russia

Oficeer during 1st World War in Russian Imperial army, later In Latvian Army.

In interwar period of Latvia's independence, collected folklore, did fild work to measure and make documentation for all known (that time) Larvian hillforts. Tried to reconstruct pre-Christian religion system of Latvians ("Dievturība")

Deported and executed (shot) by Russian Communist rule, after Latvia's occupation in 1940