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Historic recording · 30.07.1989

Memorial unveiled at Kautla, 30 July 1989

Kautla mälestusmärgi avamine, 30. juuli 1989

In July 1941 Soviet destruction battalions burned farms and killed local people around the Kautla bog, where forest brothers and refugees were hiding. For decades the event could not be spoken of. In the summer of 1989 the Estonian Heritage Society raised a memorial there. This documentary recording, made by the society itself, holds the speech and church service by Harald Meri, dean of Järva, and the moment the memorial is unveiled.

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

Eesti keeles

1941. aasta juulis põletasid Nõukogude hävituspataljonid Kautla raba ümbruses talusid ja tapsid kohalikke inimesi; rabas varjasid end metsavennad ja põgenikud. Aastakümneid ei tohtinud sellest rääkida. 1989. aasta suvel püstitas Muinsuskaitse Selts sinna mälestusmärgi. Seltsi enda tehtud dokumentaalsalvestis sisaldab Järva praosti Harald Meri kõnet ja kiriklikku talitust ning mälestusmärgi avamise hetke.

Map of the area around Memorial unveiled at Kautla, 30 July 1989
59.12720° N, 25.44500° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: ERR Arhiiv RMARH-83831 ↗

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