This small, beautifully designed museum is packed with objects from both the Soviet and Nazi occupations. Everything from political propaganda posters, everyday objects, surveillance equipment – it’s all here, down to the Lenin statues in the basement.
There are hours and hours worth of videos to watch – all brilliantly put together, charting the history of Estonia’s occupation, with footage of invading armies and interviews with ordinary people recounting their experiences. Totally addictive if you love listening to people tell stories about their lives. There’s far too much to watch and take in in one go but the videos are so captivating, it’s worth making more than one visit to the museum so you can watch all of them.
Soviet Cars
Playing cards made by prisoners.
Look closely and you’ll see the 7 of clubs is army helmets (I think), maybe poking fun at their captors. Then there’s the 6 of (clubs?), using crosses which is quite poignant.
Anti Hitler poster.
Radiation testing equipment.
Suitcases left behind by people who fled in boats to Scandinavia at the end of the war.
Soviet telephone box plus a bit of car
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