One reason for the opposition of Audrini inhabitants to the installation of the radar near their homes harkens back to a harrowing tragedy suffered by the village last century.In January 1942, 200 - 300 men were publicly shot in the center of Rezekne by Latvian police during the Nazi occupation in World War II. The village was subsequently burned down.These ferocious acts were carried out as punishment for Audrini villagers' cooperation with communist partisans.Jevdokija Glusnova, a 59-year-old Audrini inhabitant who lost family members on that tragic winter day, said although she had read ...
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