Soups in refugee camps in Germany post WWII. Photographs from the “Latvians Abroad” museum collection.

The collection of the “Latvians Abroad” Museum preserves life stories that include memories of soup during refugee journeys and in refugee camps in Germany after the Second World War. The collection also contains photographs depicting food queues in the camps, where people—often holding homemade containers—stand in line for soup distributed from the camp kitchen. Several photographs show Scout and Guide groups eating soup during camps, while others depict soup as part of meals served in camp schools.