Skip to main content

Marfeldt Photography

Memorial or cemetery

Rakvere Nõukogude poolel hukkunute matmispaik

German: Wesenberg

This hedged plot of about half a hectare in Rakvere was a Soviet-era burial place for people killed on the Soviet side, both in the War of Independence, later presented as 'victims of the white terror', and in 1941 and 1944. On 22 April 1945, 50 wooden coffins were reburied here; only one person, Valentina Mazerova, killed in November 1941, could be identified. When the site was excavated in July 2022, the remains of 28 people were found, two of them Red Army soldiers and the rest civilians. They were reburied in Rakvere town cemetery, and the site was removed from the heritage register in 2024.

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

Eesti keeles

See Rakveres asunud umbes poole hektari suurune hekiga piiratud ala oli nõukogudeaegne matmispaik Nõukogude poolel hukkunutele – nii Vabadussõjas langenutele, keda hiljem esitleti „valge terrori ohvritena”, kui ka 1941. ja 1944. aastal hukkunutele. 22. aprillil 1945 maeti siia ümber 50 puukirstu; neist suudeti tuvastada vaid üks inimene, 1941. aasta novembris tapetud Valentina Mazerova. Kui paik 2022. aasta juulis välja kaevati, leiti 28 inimese säilmed, neist kaks punaarmeelast ja ülejäänud tsiviilisikud. Nad maeti ümber Rakvere linnakalmistule ja 2024. aastal kustutati paik kultuurimälestiste registrist.

Map of the area around Rakvere Nõukogude poolel hukkunute matmispaik
59.34405° N, 26.36048° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakvere_N%C3%B5ukogude_poolel_hukkunute_matmispaik ↗

More stories nearby

Stay or walk nearby

Translate »