Who is Who in Central & East Europe 1933


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Viktor Eglitis, Latvia ->
His principal ideas: transforming the old occident culture to the new Central Europe Culture, delivered from the Russian, Turkish and German culture; the new culture can only start with a new religion - the Christian religion to be changed into the old-Baltic religion which ruled formerly from the Baltic Sea up to the Black Sea and of which some traces are still to be found in Latvia.

Felicie Bortkiewicz, Lithuania ->
Her husband is a champion of the Lithuanian movement, she assisted him as an editor of the first weekly Lithuanian journal. She was six times imprisoned on account of this journal and the Lithuanian movement.

Juozas (Joseph) Gabrys (Gabriess), Lithuania ->
After the declaration of independence of Lithuania he was in the service of the Lithuanian army and he fought as an engineer officer (captain) against the Bolsheviks and the Poles.

Konstantinas Lapinas, Lithuania ->
As a student he belonged to the Social-Revolutionary Parties and for years he administered the famous internationally known Society "Verrein" in Moscow. In 1905 he was chairman and founder of the Lithuanian Society in Moscow; in 1906 Stock Holder of the Society for the Unity of the People and in 1915 he was founder of a relief association for the refugees.

Kazys Skirpa, Germany ->
was the first initiator of the organization of the first group of Lithuanian volunteers in Vilna in 1918 and he participated in all fighting against the Red Soviet army as well as against the Polish and German troups of occupation in 1918-1921.

Hanno Kompus, Estonia ->
was a volunteer in the Estonian war of independence.

Nikolai Maim, Estonia ->
was head of the commission for the re-evacuation of property from the University of Tartu from Soviet-Russia in 1920.

Jaan Tönisson, Estonia ->
is the founder of the Estonian Cooperative movement, of the Estonian National movement and of the Estonian political party "Estonian Democratic National Party".