Fire, flood or disaster · 09.03.1944
March bombing of Tallinn
On the night of 9 March 1944 Soviet aircraft carried out a massive raid on Tallinn. Bombs and the fires they started destroyed about a fifth of the city's buildings, including wooden suburbs and parts of the Old Town. The Estonia Theatre was gutted, St Nicholas' Church and the synagogue burned, and the city archives were hit. About 757 people were killed, most of them civilians, and more than 20,000 were left homeless. For decades the bomb ruins on Harju Street served as a memorial; the site is now a small park.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
9. märtsi õhtul ja ööl 1944 korraldasid Nõukogude lennukid Tallinnale massiivse õhurünnaku. Pommid ja nende süüdatud tulekahjud hävitasid umbes viiendiku linna hoonetest, sealhulgas puitagulisi ja osa vanalinnast. Estonia teater põles välja, Niguliste kirik ja sünagoog põlesid ning tabamuse sai linnaarhiiv. Hukkus umbes 757 inimest, enamik neist tsiviilisikud, ning üle 20 000 jäi peavarjuta. Aastakümneid olid Harju tänava pommivaremed mälestusmärgiks; nüüd on seal väike park.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tallinn_in_World_War_II ↗