Remembered by people who were there · 1945
Ruuben Lambur remembers Peressaare village and the forest brothers
Ruuben Lambur, born in 1925, was one of the last surviving Estonian forest brothers. In the first part of his recollections he describes growing up in Peressaare village in Virumaa, joining the German army in spring 1944 and serving in the Narva battalion. He speaks about the destruction of Peressaare and the fate of the village's men, and then about the life of the forest brothers in 1945 and 1946 in the Tudulinna, Oonurme and Mäetaguse area. The programme closes with the song of Paul Randmaa's forest brothers' group, performed by Untsakad.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Ruuben Lambur (sünd 1925) oli üks viimaseid elus olnud Eesti metsavendi. Mälestuste esimeses osas kirjeldab ta lapsepõlve Virumaal Peressaare külas, 1944. aasta kevadel Saksa sõjaväkke minekut ja teenistust pataljonis Narva. Ta räägib Peressaare küla hävingust ja küla meeste saatustest ning seejärel metsavendade elust aastatel 1945-1946 Tudulinna, Oonurme ja Mäetaguse kandis. Saade lõpeb Paul Randmaa metsavendade salga hümniga ansambli Untsakad esituses.
Source: ERR Arhiiv RMARH-166954 ↗