 Eriks Ādamsons and Vilis Cedriņš, were just beginning to publish at the time of the German takeover.At this time many Latvian writers went into exile, such as Linards Tauns, Gunārs Saliņš, Jānis Sodums, Alfreds Dziļums, Andrejs Eglītis, Velta Sniķere, Gunārs Janovskis.Agate Nesaule wrote of her experiences during this emigration.