From the Vault
RIGA – On Tuesday, Latvian State Police moved out of a building with a bloody violent history. The Corner House on the main artery in the Latvian capital was a source of fear and horror among local population. It housed the local office of the KGB. Back in February, All About Latvia teamed up with the Baltic Bulletin to look through the notorious KGB basement. And here’s the replay of the account.
A First-Hand History Lesson
originally published on February 22, 2008.
Russian sign reads “No Smoking” inside the basement of the corner house in Riga.
RIGA – Russian-language signs adorn the walls of the narrow low-ceiling hallways that zigzag through a dirty, dusty basement under dim lights between tight cells in the most notorious building in Riga.
During the 50 years of the Soviet occupation that ended in 1991, the building on the corner of two city arteries housed the regional KGB headquarters, instilling fears into Latvians that no one dared to utter its real name.
Instead, everyone, including a Latvian writer Anita Liepa, called it “the corner house.”
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