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Untold stories of Summer 1941 by the survivors among Estonian diaspora.

The picture is a still from Estonian movie “Risttuules” (2014) that depicts Soviet mass deportation of Estonians to Siberia on 14 June 1941. First wave of Soviet ethnic cleansing of Estonians efforts that later results in loss of 30% of…

Valdo Praust: 80 years ago, 10 July 1941, the main unit of Erna from Finland landed at Salmistu Beach.

“The night’s dark, and the boat cuts the foaming sea, the coast of Finland disappears from the horizon.” Untsakad “The night’s dark.” Even less, than 1944 defensive battles of Narva and battles of Sinimäed, is among the Estonians known the…

Valdo Praust: On 8 July 1941, the Bolsheviks executed 193 innocent people in the Tartu prison.

  We are publishing Valdo Praust Facebook’s post about the crimes against humanity committed by the NKVD death squads in Tartu prison over the innocent Estonians which were committed simply because the NKVD could, had power and lacked any moral…

The Estonian Summer War of 1941.

On 3 July 1941 the active phase of Estonian Summer War of 1941 began after Stalin’s scorched earth decree and radio speech that was ordered to be conducted by the NKVD. With the operation “Barbarossa” and Stalin’s speech of 3…