Memorial or cemetery · 1924
Monument to the War of Independence in Sinimäe
In the new cemetery of Vaivara, just west of Grenaderimägi in the Sinimäed hills, stands a memorial raised in 1924 to the 36 men of Vaivara who fell in the War of Independence. On its stone blocks sits a dolomite sculpture by Voldemar Mellik of a father holding his dying son in his arms. The monument was smashed during the Soviet occupation in 1940 and rebuilt in 1991, when the sculptor's own son, Tõnu Mellik, recreated his father's figure. Twenty years after it was made, the hills around it became one of the bloodiest battlefields of 1944.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Vaivara uuel kalmistul, Sinimägedes Grenaderimäest veidi läänes, seisab 1924. aastal rajatud mälestussammas 36 vaivaralasele, kes langesid Vabadussõjas. Kiviplokkidest samba peal on Voldemar Melliku dolomiitskulptuur isast, kes hoiab kätel surevat poega. Sammas purustati nõukogude okupatsiooni ajal 1940. aastal ja taastati 1991, mil isa loodud kuju tegi uuesti kujuri poeg Tõnu Mellik. Kakskümmend aastat pärast samba valmimist said ümbritsevad mäed 1944. aasta üheks verisemaks lahinguväljaks.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaivara_Vabaduss%C3%B5ja_m%C3%A4lestussammas ↗