True crime · 31.12.1950
The Hero of the Soviet Union who shot his wife in Viljandi
Nõukogude Liidu kangelane, kes lasi Viljandis maha oma naise
Eduard Tähe was made a Hero of the Soviet Union for the landing on Muhu in September 1944, a feat some of his comrades later doubted. After the war he served as a security ministry officer in Viljandi. On New Year's Eve 1950 he came home from the office party with his wife, they quarrelled, and he shot her with his revolver. The papers gave the murder only a brief note. His title and orders were taken away even before the trial; a court in Põltsamaa sentenced him in April 1951 to eleven years, and he was sent to the Sillamäe uranium camp. He died at Kohila in 2004.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Eduard Tähe sai Nõukogude Liidu kangelase nimetuse 1944. aasta septembri Muhu dessandi eest, kuigi mõned tema relvavennad seadsid hiljem tema kangelasteo kahtluse alla. Pärast sõda teenis ta Viljandis julgeolekuministeeriumi ohvitserina. 1950. aasta vana-aasta õhtul naasis ta koos naisega asutuse peolt, kodus puhkes tüli ja ta lasi naise revolvrist maha. Ajaleht avaldas mõrvast vaid napi teate. Aunimetus ja ordenid võeti talt ära juba enne kohtuprotsessi; Põltsamaa kohus mõistis ta 1951. aasta aprillis 11 aastaks vangi ja ta saadeti Sillamäe uraanilaagrisse. Ta suri 2004. aastal Kohilas.