Latvia Celebrates From left, Ambassador of Ukraine Olexander Motsyk, his wife Nataliia Terletska, and Ambassador of Lithuania Zygimantas Pavilionis attend the Latvian Independence and Armed Forces Day reception.
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From left, Ambassador of Latvia Andris Razans, his wife Gunta Razane, Latvian Embassy Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attaché Col. Ivo Mogilnijs, and Svetlana Mogilnijsaja welcome guests to the 95th anniversary celebration of the proclamation of Latvia’s independence.
From left, Stiprais Edward, Ambassador of Georgia Archil Gegeshidze, Ambassador of Azerbaijan Elin Suleymanov, and Founding Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute S. Frederick Starr attend the Latvian Independence and Armed Forces Day reception at the Latvian Embassy.
Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attaché at the Portuguese Embassy Col. Jor Cabrita Alao Correia da Silva, left, and Defense, Military and Air Attaché at the Austrian Embassy Brig. Gen. Harald Gollinger attend the Latvian Independence and Armed Forces Day reception.
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U.S. Air Force Col. Brent Griffin, left, and Defense Attaché at the Estonian Embassy Col. Aivar Salekesin attend the Latvian Independence and Armed Forces Day reception.
From left, recently appointed Ambassador of Sweden Björn Lyrvall, Karin Haglund, and Defense Attaché at the Swedish Embassy Rear Adm. Jörgen Ericsson attend the Latvian Independence and Armed Forces Day reception.
Ambassador of Latvia Andris Razans, left, and Amy Ballard, senior historic preservation specialist at the Smithsonian Institution, attend the opening of the architectural exhibit “Comparisons in Jugendstil and Spanish Mission Private Residences” at the Latvian Embassy.
Col. Serhil Dolenko of Ukraine, left, and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Ukrainian Embassy Yaroslav Brisiuck attend the Latvian Independence and Armed Forces Day reception.
Ambassador of Austria Hans Peter Manz, left, and realtor James Connolly attend the debut of an architectural exhibit that compares the Alice Pike Barney Studio House, now the Latvian Embassy, and the Riga Art Nouveau Museum built in the Jugendstil, or art nouveau style.
From left, Planning Specialist at Howard County Government Dace Blaumanis, Janis Gramatins, and Agrita Tipane of the Riga Jugendstil Museum attend the exhibition opening of “Comparisons in Jugendstil and Spanish Mission Private Residences.”
Rescue of Danish Jews From left, Danish Honorary Consuls Anna Holliday of Houston, Ruth Tales of Los Angeles, Sisse Nielsen of Sacramento, and Leila Thau Jensen of Sacramento attend “A Celebration of Humanity: The Rescue of the Danish Jews.” photo: Gail scott photo: kate oczypok
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From left, Rabbi Bruce Lustig of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, Ambassador of Denmark Peter Taksøe-Jensen, and Cecilie Stokholm Banke attend the concert and discussion “A Celebration of Humanity: The Rescue of the Danish Jews” at the Washington Hebrew Congregation, one of several events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the World War II-era rescue operation.
Steve Katzki, left, and Gustav Goldberger, a former attorney with the Department of Energy, celebrate 70 years since more than 7,000 Danish Jews were rescued from deportation to Nazi camps at a reception held at the Danish Embassy, where Goldberger told guests about how his family traveled by fishing boat to neutral Sweden to evade the Nazis.
From left, David Levy, Bryan Greene, Sara Lindstrom, Josh Friedlander, Maia Daniels and Gideon Culman attend “Rescue of the Danish Jews in a Present Context,” a reception and talk held at the Danish Embassy Residence.
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Wilma Bernstein and former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Stuart Bernstein attend “A Celebration of Humanity: The Rescue of the Danish Jews” commemorating 70 years since Denmark’s Jewish population was able to evade the Nazis by fleeing to Sweden.
U.N. Day at Oneness
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Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of Honduras Karol Escalante, left, and Minister at the Sri Lankan Embassy Varuna Epasinghe attend the United Nations Day event at Oneness-Family School.
Ambassador of Mauritius Somduth Soborun, left, and Ecnomics Minister Counselor at the Liberian Embassy Famatta Deline hold their nation’s flags during the annual United Nations Day program at Oneness-Family School in Chevy Chase, Md.
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Ambassador of Fiji Winston Thompson waves his country’s flag during the Procession of Nations at the Oneness-Family School’s annual United Nations Day event.
Ambassador of Uganda Oliver Wonekha, left, and Ambassador of Panama Mario Jaramillo of Panama carry their national flags to celebrate Oneness-Family School’s annual United Nations Day program.
Lebanese Refugee Crisis Edward M. Gabriel, former U.S. ambassador to Morocco and vice chairman of the American Task Force for Lebanon, left, joins Ambassador of Lebanon Antoine Chedid at the Woodrow Wilson Center to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon caused by the influx of refugees from Syria.
Photos: Jowan Gauthier and Prabhakar Street
December 2013
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