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290<!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el1 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/level-010-intro.ssi" >To destinations unknown</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el2 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/level-020-warsep.ssi" >WWII&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;Three occupations</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el3 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/level-050-paths.ssi" >Paths to exile</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el4 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item pure-menu-has-children pure-menu-allow-hover "><span class="mCM_VOID pure-menu-link" target=_top   >DP camp era</span><ul class="mCM_flat pure-menu-children">
291<!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el1 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/DPcamps/level-100-era.ssi" >DP life and resettlement</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el2 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/DPcamps/level-150-camps.ssi" >List of camps<small>&thinsp;&#124;&thinsp;MAY 1, 1946</small></a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el3 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/DPcamps/level-200-pjvfam.ssi" >Peters' parents</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el4 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/DPcamps/level-250-melle.ssi" >Melle DP camp</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el5 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/DPcamps/level-300-savmom.ssi" >Silvija's mother</a></li><!-- P/N -->
291<li class="mCM_el6 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/DPcamps/level-350-flensburg.ssi" >Flensburg DP camp</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el7 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/DPcamps/level-400-sildad.ssi" >Silvija's father</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el8 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/DPcamps/level-450-wurzburg.ssi" >Würzburg DP camp</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el9 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/DPcamps/level-500-ymcaywca.ssi" >World's YMCA/YWCA</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el10 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/DPcamps/level-550-ywca-nursery.ssi" >Latvian children's home</a></li></ul></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el5 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/POW/pow-000-intro.ssi" >Latvian POWs</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el6 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/level-200-trimda.ssi" >Exigent exile&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;<i>trimda</i></a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el7 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/level-250-asv.ssi" >Welcome to America</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el8 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/level-300-Siberia.ssi" >Siberian deportees</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el9 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Exile/level-800-reading.ssi" >Reading list</a></li></ul></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el5 mCM_el_plus4 pure-menu-item pure-menu-has-children pure-menu-allow-hover "><span class="mCM_VOID pure-menu-link" target=_top   >Travels</span><ul class="mCM_flat pure-menu-children">
292<!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el1 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/level-001-tripsintro.ssi" >Latvia unveiled</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el2 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/level-100-travels.ssi" >Timeline</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el3 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item pure-menu-has-children pure-menu-allow-hover "><span class="mCM_VOID pure-menu-link" target=_top   >Silvija's trips</span><ul class="mCM_flat pure-menu-children">
293<!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el1 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/Silvija/trip-000-intro.ssi" >Strength of family</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el2 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/Silvija_197707/index.ssi" ><span class=sidemenu><small>Jul&hairsp;'&hairsp;77 &#124; </small>Latvian Family</span></a></li></ul></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el4 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item pure-menu-has-children pure-menu-allow-hover "><span class="mCM_VOID pure-menu-link" target=_top   >Peters' trips</span><ul class="mCM_flat pure-menu-children">
294<!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el1 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/Peters/trip-000-intro.ssi" ><span class=sidemenu>An empire collapses</span><span class=menu>Peters' Story</span></a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el2 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/Peters_199210/trip-000-intro.ssi" ><span class=sidemenu><small>Oct&hairsp;'&hairsp;92&thinsp;&#124;&thinsp;</small>First Trip<i>!</i></span><span class=menu>October 1992</span></a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el3 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/Peters_199308/index.ssi" ><span class=sidemenu><small>Aug&hairsp;'&hairsp;93&thinsp;&#124&thinsp;</small>Rīga, Courland</span><span class=menu>August 1993</span></a></li><!-- P/N -->
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295<!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el1 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/Our/trip-000-intro.ssi" ><span class=sidemenu>Serendipity</span><span class=menu>Our story</span></a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el2 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/Our_199806/index.ssi" ><span class=sidemenu><small>Jun&hairsp;'&hairsp;98&thinsp;&#124;&thinsp;</small>Latvian friends</span><span class=menu>June 1998</span></a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el3 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/Our_199906/visit-00-home.ssi" ><span class=sidemenu><small>Jun&hairsp;'&hairsp;99&thinsp;&#124;&thinsp;</small>Honeymoon</span><span class=menu>June 1999</span></a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el4 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/Our_200103/erna-00-bday.ssi" ><span class=sidemenu><small>Mar&hairsp;'&hairsp;01&thinsp;&#124;&thinsp;</small>Centenary</span><span class=menu>March 2001</span></a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el5 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/Our_20030607/page-000-intro.ssi" ><span class=sidemenu><small>Jun&hairsp;'&hairsp;03 &#124; </small>Choir and family</span><span class=menu>June-July 2003</span></a></li></ul></li><!-- P/N -->
295<li class="mCM_el6 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/Features/index.ssi" >Photo features</a></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el7 mCM_el_ pure-menu-item"><a class="mCM_SITE_link pure-menu-link" target=_top  href="index.php?en/Trips/picgallery/gallerycontent-01-page.ssi" >Our photo album</a></li></ul></li><!-- P/N --><li class="mCM_el6 mCM_el_plus5 pure-menu-item pure-menu-has-children pure-menu-allow-hover "><span class="mCM_VOID pure-menu-link" target=_top   >Blog</span><ul class="mCM_flat pure-menu-children">
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671style="display:block; border: none; text-align: center; margin-top: 4px;"
672href="index.php?pp/content-000-donate.ssi"
673onmousedown="ReturnTo('en/Home/level-001-homeintro.ssi')"><img style="display:inline-block;
673" src="btn_support.gif"></a></span>
674</div>
675</div>	<!-- /div -->
676</div><!-- default "figure" margin --><div id="mCM_figure_margin" style="display:none; margin: 16px;"></div>
677<!--following for title to not appear on gallery overlay mouseover but to be picked up otherwise -->
678		
678<script>window.onload = function() {
679			 topset();
680			 var links = document.getElementsByClassName('mCM_galleryitem');
681			 for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
682				  var link = links[i];
683				  link.onmouseover = function() {
684						this.setAttribute('org_title', this.title);
685						this.title = '';
686				  };
687				  link.onmouseout = function() {
688						this.title = this.getAttribute('org_title');
689				  };
690				  link.onclick = function() {
691						this.title = this.getAttribute('org_title');
692				  };
693			  }
694		};</script>
694	
695		<!-- close window used for DSC, LDSC, OSV... edits -->
696		<!--script>
697      $(document).ready(function () {
698			$('#editform').ajaxForm(function () {
699				window.close();
700			});
701		});
702		</script--><!-- Light Gallery modules -->
703		<!--script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/picturefill/2.3.1/picturefill.min.js"></script-->
704		
704<script src="miniCM/local/picturefill.min.js"></script>
704
705		<!-- unminified on purpose: mousewheel-pan-when-zoomed patch (search
706			"lg-zoomed" in that file) is hand-written directly into this
707			source; hand-patching the .min.js blob (one ~50KB line, mangled
708			names) was not worth the risk of a silent breakage for the ~60KB
709			(pre-gzip) size difference. Revisit if/when this migrates to
710			lightgallery v2, which has its own scroll-to-zoom-pan support. -->
711		
711<script src="miniCM/dist/js/lightgallery-all.js"></script>
711
712		
712<script src="miniCM/lib/jquery.mousewheel.min.js"></script>
712
713		<!-- PURE support UI and misc -->
713<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="Javascript">
714	var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
715	xmlhttp.open( "POST", "asyncnews.php", true );
716	xmlhttp.send("Action=UPDRSS");
717</script>
717<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
718	// FACEBOOK feed updates
719	var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
720	xmlhttp.open( "POST", "FBfeeds.php", true );
721	xmlhttp.send("Action=REFRESH");
722	</script>
722
723<div id=isprint style="display:none;"></div>
723<script src="miniCM/js/ui.js"></script>
723
724</body>
725</html>

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