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Interview
1405, EM/071
EMOHA project

Speaker: Kvietkauskas, Edmund, 1959 - 0, Interviewee, Male,
Speaker: Brown, C, Interviewer, Female

Summary of interview item: Talks about mixed Lithuanian/Estonian parentage, family background in Leicester. Explains how parents met. Describes various visits to Lithuania and Estonia from 1988 onwards, meeting family members, seeing changes in recent years. Talks about identity, attitudes of second and third generation Lithuanians in the UK, politics, culture. Mentions Christmas celebrations. Reflects that fortunate to live in historically significant period, anecdote of man smuggling sapling into UK.
Place of birth: Leicester
Education:
Marital Status: Married, Children:
Father's Occupation:
Mother's Occupation:
Location: County: Leicestershire
Location: Town/Place: Leicester
Periods Covered: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Language: English

Recording Date: 28/3/2003
Playing time: 35 mins
Access Restrictions: Full clearance Item Copyright: EMOHA
Summary: Yes
Transcription: No
Copies: Yes
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