The exhibition “For My People and For My Country: Paul Mintz, Latvia’s Statesman” was dedicated by the Jewish Community of Latvia in honor of the centenary of the Latvian state. The exhibition tells the story of Paul Mintz (1868, Daugavpils – 1941, Krasnoyarsk Territory) – an outstanding Latvian public figure, politician and intellectual during the first free Latvian state, who made invaluable contributions to the creation and development of the country.
The exhibition can travel to schools throughout Riga and Latvia upon request from the school (for free). The purpose of the exhibition is to introduce the younger generation to the process of becoming an exceptional personality in the era of the formation of a new state, as well as to describe life in this fast changing era through the fate of one person.
Materials from public and private archives, museums and libraries in Latvia, Estonia, Israel, and Hungary were used for the preparation of the exhibition. The exhibition was supported by the State Cultural Capital Foundation within the framework of the target program Latvia-100 and the Riga City Council Education, Culture and Sports Department.