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Fire, flood or disaster · 28.05.1933

Tear gas over Valga: a mock air raid

Pisargaas Valga kohal: õppeõhurünnak

On Sunday 28 May 1933 the Defence League staged a gas-defence day in Valga, as it had already done in Tapa and Tartu. The town was to imagine an enemy air raid. Lookout posts at Antsla, Laatre and other places reported approaching 'aircraft', church bells and sirens gave the alarm, and the railway, post and telephone had to keep working while police steered people to shelter. To make the attack feel real, tear gas was released in the streets for the gas teams to deal with. At the end everyone gathered on the church square to hear how well each unit had done.

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

Eesti keeles

Pühapäeval, 28. mail 1933 korraldas kaitseliidu peastaap Valgas gaasikaitsepäeva, nagu varem Tapal ja Tartus. Linn pidi ette kujutama vaenlase lennukite rünnakut. Antsla, Laatre ja teiste kohtade õhuvaatluspostid teatasid lähenevatest „lennukitest“, häiret anti kirikukellade ja sireenidega, raudtee, post ja telefon pidid edasi töötama ning politsei juhatas inimesi varjule. Tõelise rünnakumeeleolu loomiseks lasti linna pisargaasi, millega pidid toime tulema gaasikaitsemeeskonnad. Lõpuks koguneti kirikuplatsile kuulama, kui hästi iga üksus oma ülesandega hakkama sai.

Map of the area around Tear gas over Valga: a mock air raid
57.77690° N, 26.03090° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Maa Hääl, 27 May 1933, p. 3 (DIGAR) ↗

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