Burning Conscience Museum (Soviet Repression Memorial), Cēsis

Informative place that tells about history that wasn't that long ago.

The memorial wall is open every day and a speaker will read the names of the 643 residents of the former Cēsis district who died in Soviet repressions, including national partisans deported in 1941 and 1949 and those shot and sentenced to death. Opening hours museum:
Fri, Sat, Sun 12pm - 5pmThe museum "Burning Conscience" is located in a Soviet-era temporary detention facility. It tells about the occupation of Latvia and reveals individual stories of the resistance. The six cells for temporary detention have survived to the present day in their original form from 1941 and the post-war years. Everything is real: cells with iron doors, built-in "kormushkas" (small openings for providing food), plank beds, a latrine for prisoners as well as typical Soviet-era oil paint in the walls.

A depressing place that is a very informative and impressive reminder of the Soviet repression and violence against Latvians between 1941 and 1957.