 Ģērmanis was one of the rare émigré Latvians allowed access to primary sources in the Latvian SSR at the time.In the book, he describes the suspicion he was met with by both the Soviet Latvian authorities, and by his fellow émigrés, who questioned his motives for researching the history of pro-Bolshevik Latvians.In 1958, Ģērmanis living in exile completed ""The Latvian Saga"", which presents Latvian history, but reads like a novel.