Bread Treasured as a Symbol of Home (Vilhelms Griķis)

Vilhelms Griķis’ butter container, in which he kept symbols of home, taken from Latvia during the refugee journeys of the Second World War: rye bread, ears of grain, and santims (coins). Such orange bakelite butter/fat containers were issued to soldiers in the German army.

This item is part of the collection of the museum “Latvian’s Abroad”.