Remembered by people who were there · 1944
An old engine driver remembers autumn 1944 on the Tallinn to Haapsalu railway
Voldemar Sander worked on the railway in the autumn of 1944, as the German army retreated and the Red Army approached. In this 1959 recording he describes the flight of the Germans and the panic on the line between Tallinn and Haapsalu, a line that led towards the western coast, and tells of the several times he came close to being killed himself. The tape is the unedited raw material for a radio programme, and the name of the person who interviewed him has not been preserved.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Voldemar Sander töötas 1944. aasta sügisel raudteel, kui Saksa väed taganesid ja Punaarmee lähenes. Selles 1959. aasta salvestuses kirjeldab ta sakslaste põgenemist ja paanikat Tallinna-Haapsalu raudteel, mis viis lääneranniku poole, ning räägib, kuidas teda ennastki mitu korda surm ähvardas. Lint on raadiosaate töötlemata algmaterjal ja küsitleja nimi pole säilinud.
Source: ERR Arhiiv RMARH-116115 ↗