A story of two men, a generation apart, one growing up in the shadow of the other.
Fiercely Latvian,.
He shares the stories his father told him of the hardship of life under Soviet rule, his escape from Europe after World War Two and the early days of his new life as an Immigrant in a land far from home.
Peter Jirgens tells the story of his youth as the son of Arnold Jirgens, a Latvian immigrant, who struggled against discrimination to establish his family in Nowra, Australia.
A story of two men, a generation apart, one growing up in the shadow of the other