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Memories of people who were there
63 memories of people who were there, each tied to the real place where it happened or is told, county by county. See them on the map →
Harju County
- Tallinners remember the night of 9 March 1944 1944
- Einart Sirel remembers a Prangli childhood and the boys who sailed to Finland in 1943 1943
- Former Pakri islanders return to the island they had to leave 1940
- Hilja Järv remembers sheltering from the bombs in Juhkentali on 9 March 1944 1944
- Ester remembers the deportation train at Ülemiste in March 1949 1949
- Eduard Kuuskor remembers the shooting at the Raua street school, 21 June 1940 1940
- Taavi Anari remembers growing up in Kadriorg Palace after the war 1945
- Paldiski residents remember the town's return from closed military base 1994
- Remembering a 1950s childhood on Mohni lighthouse island 2011
- Valter Ojakäär remembers the Fleet Summer Theatre on Rannavärava hill 2005
- Jüri Liivak, 'the count of Aruküla', rebuilds his farm 1989
Ida-Viru County
- Narva people remember the evacuation and bombing of their town in 1944 1944
- Ruuben Lambur remembers Peressaare village and the forest brothers 1945
- Otto Milder recalls 1940 and 1941 at the Kohtla-Nõmme oil works 1940
- Liidia Lust-Eenpalu remembers June 1941 and leaving Narva 1941
- Hedda-Viiu remembers the Red Army arriving in Narva in October 1939 1939
- Rein Annik remembers the story of the Narva tank monument 1970
- Veterans remember the 4th Border Guard Regiment at Permisküla, 1944 1944
- Vassili Sadam remembers the Kukruse mine and his long road home 1942
- Boris Pšenitšnikov remembers Vasknarva and the 1930s 1965
Järva County
Jõgeva County
Lääne County
- Two veterans recall the defence of Osmussaar in 1941 1941
- An old engine driver remembers autumn 1944 on the Tallinn to Haapsalu railway 1944
- Fredrik Brus remembers Osmussaar before the islanders were sent away 1940
- Paul Laan remembers his family's escape from Haapsalu to Sweden in 1944 1944
- Pille remembers an idyllic childhood at Koluvere school 1944
- Maria Myrman of Söderby remembers old Vormsi customs 1980
Lääne-Viru County
Pärnu County
- Endel Lukas remembers the summer war of 1941 in Kirbla 1941
- Juhan Pohlaste remembers the 1905 revolution in Vändra 1905
- Lembit remembers the night at the Are parish house, 25 March 1949 1949
- Heino remembers deportation day in Vändra parish, March 1949 1949
- Leida remembers her Kihnu childhood and the boat to Sweden in 1944 1944
Põlva County
Rapla County
Saaremaa
- Villagers of Suuremõisa on Muhu remember their village 1973
- Vladimir Maripuu remembers founding Estonia's first collective farm in Sakla 1947
- Survivors remember the forced removal of the Sõrve people from Mõntu in 1944 1944
- Heino Tuum remembers the deportation of March 1949 in Kihelkonna 1949
- Old Saaremaa sailors remember shipbuilding at Tagalaht 1914
- Arseni Aedma, the self-taught master of Matsi farm 1990
- Mustjala and the other '-jala' villages of Saaremaa talk, 1969 1969
- Jüri Tuulik on Abruka, the island of his books 1983
Tartu County
- Islanders of Piirissaar talk about the war years and the deportation 1944
- Men who were there remember the battles at Kärevere in 1941 1941
- Evald Laidvere remembers wartime service by Lake Peipus and on Piirissaar 1944
- Hilja Järv remembers the deportation train leaving Tartu in June 1941 1941
- Tiina remembers being taken to Kavastu manor on deportation day, 1949 1949
- Teacher Erich Uibu tells the story of Alatskivi 1969
- The last families of Praaga, where the Emajõgi meets Lake Peipus 1989
- Dr Mihkel Eller remembers Hugo Treffner and his school 1908
Valga County
Viljandi County
Võru County
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