Valters Nollendorfs

Valters Nollendorfs is board chair of the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia and a professor emeritus of German language and literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

[3] At the age of thirteen, together with his family, he fled Latvia to Westphalia, Germany, where he spent almost six years in a displaced persons camp.

He worked for the children's magazine Mazputniņš and the publishing company Ceļinieks, and he conducted many courses for young people in North America.

[3] Beginning in 1974, he held various offices in the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, ultimately serving as its president and as executive director of academics.

[3] Over the years Nollendorfs has authored two books and edited more than fifteen volumes (including With Dance Shoes in Siberian Snows by Sandra Kalniete).