In 1946, he came back to Latvia, but his family was not allowed to settle in Riga and so they stayed at Ēdole in the Kuldīga area of the Latvian SSR.
I 1946 kom han tilbage til Letland, men hans familie fik ikke lov til at bosætte sig i Riga, og de derfor slog sig ned i Edolē i Kuldīgas distrikt.