Remembered by people who were there · 1941
Former pupils remember spring 1941 at Rakvere Gymnasium
In the spring of 1941, during the first Soviet occupation, school life at Rakvere Gymnasium was changing quickly under the new power. Boris Tamm, who graduated that spring, his wife Juta Tamm, who studied at the same school, and Ellen Keenan, who had been at primary school with them and graduated from the Rakvere Girls' Commercial Gymnasium in 1941, tell Heidi Tammar what those months were like. Ellen Keenan fled to the West in 1944 and later lived in Tanzania. Twenty years after graduation the class held two reunions, one in Estonia and one abroad.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1941. aasta kevadel, esimese nõukogude okupatsiooni ajal, muutus koolielu Rakvere Gümnaasiumis uue võimu all kiiresti. Boris Tamm, kes lõpetas kooli tol kevadel, tema abikaasa Juta Tamm, kes õppis samas koolis, ja Ellen Keenan, kes oli nendega koos algkoolis käinud ning lõpetas 1941. aastal Rakvere Tütarlaste Kommertsgümnaasiumi, räägivad Heidi Tammarile, millised need kuud olid. Ellen Keenan põgenes 1944. aastal läände ja elas hiljem Tansaanias. Kakskümmend aastat pärast kooli lõpetamist peeti kaks kokkutulekut, üks Eestis ja teine välismaal.
Source: ERR Arhiiv RMARH-41000 ↗