On the left:

Commander of the Latvian Border Guard Brigade, General Ludvigs Bolšteins. 1930s. Committed suicide in his office on June 21, 1940, protesting against the occupation of Latvia. Buried in the Riga Brothers' Cemetery.

Photo: Latvian War Museum / unidentified author

On the right:

Colonel Fricis Celmiņš, Chief of the Information Department of the Latvian Army Headquarters. 1930s. Committed suicide on July 24, 1940, protesting against the occupation of Latvia. Buried in the Riga Brothers' Cemetery.

Photo: Latvian War Museum / unidentified author

On the bottom:

The suicide note by General Ludvigs Bolšteins, Commander of the Latvian Border Guard Brigade, dated June 21, 1940, saying: "We, Latvians, have built a new stately building for ourselves – our state. A foreign power wants to force us to tear it down by ourselves. I cannot participate in it."

Photo: National Archives of Latvia – Latvian State Historical Archives