Exactly 60 years ago, on the morning of 5 December 1963, on what is now Radio Street in Riga, Bruno Javoišs hoisted the red-white-red flag he had sewn himself on the 76-metre-high radio tower next to the then city militia headquarters. This date was chosen deliberately and symbolically, because during the Soviet occupation, 5 December marked the Day of the USSR Constitution. At the time, B. Javoišs was 22 years old and a first-year student at the Riga Aviation Institute. After climbing the tower, Javoišs was arrested and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, which he served in the Mordovia camps. He spent his imprisonment years together with Gunārs Astra, Jānis Ziemelis, Knuts Skujenieks and many other members of the national resistance movement.
Bruno Javoišs graduated from Riga High School No. 50. After serving his sentence in 1971, Javoišs moved to Tartu. B. Javoišs graduated the University of Tartu as an art historian. After the restoration of independence of the Republic of Estonia, B. Javoišs founded and headed the Latvian Society of Southern Estonia, which at that time united about 100 Latvians. Thanks to the activities of the leader and the association, the cemetery of the First World War Latvian Riflemen and refugees in Tartu New St. John's Cemetery was restored. B. Javoišs lives in Tartu, but regularly visits Latvia and participates in various national patriotic events.
As a member of the national resistance movement and a public figure, Bruno Javoišs has been awarded the Golden medal of the Order of the Three Stars and is a Commander of the Order of Viesturs.
