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An interview with Mirdza Balas, who was for many years a librarian for the Sonoma County Library. She drove the little bookmobile and then was branch manager at Sebastopol, from which she retired in 1989. Balas relates her memories of growing up in Latvia before and during World War II, and moving through Europe as a displaced person before she finally came to the United States in 1957.
Social Issues and Associations Balas, Mirdza, 1924-2015 Sonoma County Library 1940-2007 World War, 1939-1945--Europe Librarians--California--Sonoma County Oral history--California--Sonoma County Latvia--Social conditions Latvia--History--German occupation, 1941-1944 Latvia--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941 Latvians--California--Sonoma County Communism Political refugees Refugee camps--Germany Emigration and immigration Refugees--Latvia--Biography Immigrants--California--Sonoma County--Biography United States Latvia Germany California Sonoma Sebastopol
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