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Remembered by people who were there · 1944

Hilja Järv remembers sheltering from the bombs in Juhkentali on 9 March 1944

Hilja Järv, née Altberg, born in 1931, was visiting a friend on Imanta street in Juhkentali when the air-raid sirens went off on the evening of 9 March 1944. Her mother, who was to collect her, was still at work, so the two girls had to cope alone under the bombs. The first wave of Soviet bombers hit the whole Juhkentali area, and the house in whose cellar they were sheltering caught fire. During the second wave local people and firemen took the girls to the shelter on Kunderi street, and she found her mother later in the shelter of the Raua street fire station.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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Hilja Järv (neiupõlvenimega Altberg, sünd 1931) oli 9. märtsi 1944 õhtul, kui hakkas tööle õhuhäire, sõbranna juures Juhkentalis Imanta tänaval. Ema, kes pidi talle järele tulema, oli veel tööl, nii et tüdrukud pidid pommide all ise hakkama saama. Nõukogude pommitajate esimene laine tabas kogu Juhkentali piirkonda ja maja, mille keldris nad varjusid, süttis põlema. Teise laine ajal viisid kohalikud ja tuletõrjujad tüdrukud Kunderi tänava varjendisse ning emaga kohtus Hilja hiljem Raua tänava tuletõrjemaja varjendis.

Map of the area around Hilja Järv remembers sheltering from the bombs in Juhkentali on 9 March 1944
59.42899° N, 24.76189° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Eesti Mälu Instituut, Kogu Me Lugu (YouTube), video aKQ2txUNSnQ ↗

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