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Patarei prison exhibition - a place for learning, experiencing, commemorating

22. May 2019

The communist regime of the Soviet Union (in Estonia 1940-1941, 1944-1991) imprisoned innocent people in the historical Patarei fortress on ideological pretext. They constitute only a fraction of all

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DESIGN COMPETITION: International Museum for the Victims of Communism

01. February 2018

The objective of the design competition was to find a contemporary, attractive and visitor-friendly design for the museum’s architecture, exposition and interior design.

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An open discussion on the issue of the preservation and development of Patarei sea fortress

22. January 2018

The Cultural Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Estonia held an open discussion on the issue of the preservation and development of Patarei sea fortress, used by the totalitarian regimes of the XX century as a prison.

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Estonian Internal Security Service is still investigating five criminal cases on crimes against humanity, committed during Soviet and Nazi occupation

18. January 2018

The criminal cases are connected to the deportations of June 1941 and March 1949, killings of forest brothers, crimes of the Nazi occupation, as well as war crimes committed by the Red Army in 1944.

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The exhibition "At The Water's Edge" continues its journey

12. January 2018

The exhibition "At The Water's Edge" has been opened at Nordens Institut på Åland in Finland (January 5th till Febuary 2nd). This is a space of exchange of personal memories from the Baltic Sea Region

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Kogu Me Lugu Presents Its Renewed Webpage

07. December 2017

The Estonian Institute of Historical Memory’s oral history initiative, Kogu Me Lugu, has taken a big step forward in its fifth year of activity.

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Crimea asks to join Russia as West readies sanctions

17. March 2017

Crimea declared independence Monday and applied to join Russia while the Kremlin braced for sanctions after the flashpoint peninsula voted to leave Ukraine in a referendum that has sparked the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War.

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Ilves: we see fear or indifference towards violence in Europe

26. March 2014

We again see fearful or indifferent glances in Europe that don’t dare to do anything or don’t know what to do against violence, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said in his speech dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the 1949 March deportations on Tuesday, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.

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Kyiv Signs EU Agreement As Putin Signs Crimea Annexation

21. March 2014

Moscow has completed the process of making Ukraine's Crimea part of Russia, as Ukraine's prime minister, in a highly symbolic move, signed a political cooperation agreement with the European Union.