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SURVEY: Most of the Estonian society in favour of establishing a communism victims’ museum in Patarei

08. October 2020

According to a sociological survey, commissioned by the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory, 55% of Estonian residents support the establishment of the International Memorial Museum for the

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VIDEO: 81 years ago, German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk

22. September 2020

Eighty-one years ago, on 22 September 1939, a joint military parade of German and Soviet armies was held in the occupied city of Brest-Litovsk, following the occupation and dismemberment of Poland.

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22 September is the Resistance Day in Estonia

21. September 2020

The Resistance Day is a public holiday on 22 September in Estonia for the appreciation and commemoration of all the people of Estonia that have resisted against occupying regimes either in words or

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The death of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge executioner revives painful memories of Communist terror

13. September 2020

CNN reported that Kaing Guek Eav, commonly known by his alias, Comrade Duch, died on 2 September at a hospital in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh. "Comrade Duch ran Phnom Penh's S-21 prison, also known

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Map: Aggression in Europe. 81 years since the Hitler-Stalin Pact

23. August 2020

August 23 marks the 81st anniversary of the signing of Hitler-Stalin Pact that paved the way for World War II, which completely changed the map of Europe, and caused the loss of millions. The pact

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Full of mistakes, omissions and half-truths: international remembrance institution's reaction to Putin’s history article

10. July 2020

Platform of European Memory and Conscience, an organisation that brings together 62 members from 20 countries from Europe and North America, has criticised an article by Russian president Vladimir

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Patarei Prison exhibition area Communism is Prison reopens to visitors

22. May 2020

Patarei Prison international exhibition area Communism is Prison (Tallinn, Estonia) starts its second season today, 22 May. It introduces the visitors to the complex’s diverse, nearly 200-year history

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VIDEO: The end of World War II - two concepts

08. May 2020

What did the end of World War II mean for Eastern and Central Europe? Edward Lucas (Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis) and Roger Moorhouse (British historian and author) shortly

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A new online exhibition on Red Army terror in Estonia post-WWII

07. May 2020

The Estonian Institute of Historical Memory has compiled an interactive exhibition The ‘Liberator’ Arrived in cooperation with the National Library of Estonia. The exhibition can be seen HERE . The