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Smugglers, spies & escapes · 11.03.1946

Three attacks beaten off at Aruküla

In winter 1944 to 1945 Heino Juhkam and Leopold Moor dug a half-buried bunker in the Porkuni forest district, with a firing slit in every corner covered with wire mesh against grenades. In February 1946 three Soviet soldiers sent to Aruküla farms were found dead. A farmer arrested for it revealed the bunker. On 11 March 1946 an NKVD unit attacked four men inside: Mihkel Juhkam, his son Heino, Karl Moor and Leopold Moor. Three assaults were beaten back and the officer in charge was wounded. At about half past nine in the evening the men slipped out in the dark, fought their way across a forest ride and escaped. The pin, at Porkuni, is approximate.

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

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1944. ja 1945. aasta talvel rajasid Heino Juhkam ja Leopold Moor Porkuni metskonda poolenisti maa sisse punkri, mille igas nurgas oli granaatide eest traatvõrguga kaetud laskeava. 1946. aasta veebruaris leiti Aruküla taludesse saadetud kolm Nõukogude sõdurit surnult. Selles kahtlustatuna arreteeritud taluperemees andis punkri asukoha välja. 11. märtsil 1946 ründas NKVD üksus punkris olnud nelja meest: Mihkel Juhkamit, tema poega Heinot, Karl Moori ja Leopold Moori. Kolm rünnakut löödi tagasi ja üksust juhtinud leitnant sai haavata. Umbes kell pool kümme õhtul lahkusid mehed pimeduses punkrist, murdsid üle metsasihi ja pääsesid. Märk Porkunis on ligikaudne.

Map of the area around Three attacks beaten off at Aruküla
59.18990° N, 26.19758° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Aruküla punkrilahing. ↗

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