estonia 1940. year before holocaust - reference pics.

triumphant return of delegation that went to moscow, to beg  incorporation of estonia into the USSR

Juliana Telman, Olga & Johannes Lauristin, Neeme Ruus.

 Maksim Unt & Orest Kärm, left. blond, aryan in between, Erich Tarkpea.

 Nadežda Tihonova, Johannes Lauristin, Paul Keerdo, Johannes Vares, Karl Säre and Neeme Ruus
jewish guy, second left, Jossif Goldmann.

 

chairman of  parlament, Arnold Veimer  

on the roof of hotell Moskva

prime-minister of estonian SSR Johannes Vares-Barbarus and its foreign minister Nigol Andresen

historian Hans Kruus was  deputy prime-minister in  Vares cabinet.

 

tearing down the estonian flag. 'TALL HERMANN' tower Tallinn 21.06.1940

by Edgar Petree, Karl Leesik, Aleksander Resev and unknown persons in bright casket and top hat.

from:       http://www.ra.ee/fotis/index.php?type=2&id=379092

  

pro-soviet demo in early days, still under national flag.

summer 1940. athlets demand estonia to become part of  ussr

Gala dedicated to XXII anniversary of russia's bolshevik revolution in Estonia

Tallinn, 7th nov. 39. choir most probably delivers 'international'

Candidates of the first, under stalin, elections (12.1.1941). "noorte hääl", december 1940.

( zoom for the names.)

 estonian NKVD people. boris kumm in center, idel jakobson, leftmost,
v.riis nearest right

 segei kingissepp
notorious  NKVD interrogator,lost his life in sea, during evacuation in last days of august 41

idel jakobson
his deputy.police mugshote.

 minister of interior in earlydays of ESSR, Maksim Unt

was executed  for unknown reason  in july 1941.

Commissioner of the Interior Affairs of the ESSR,

Andrei Murro.

seems, lost his life during evacuation of tallinn  in last days of august 41

carl säre

was assigned for underground work in estonia, was apprehended in the first days, germans took

tallinn. he was interrogated in various places. traces of him lost after 43.
Vastupidiselt kohalikele aktivistidele oli ENSV tippkommunistidele ülisalajase operatsiooni eesmärk teada ning nad kuulusid kuritegeliku kolmiku ehk nn troika koosseisu, vastutades ülesande täitmise eest. ENSV tippkolmiku koosseisu kuulusid kompartei I sekretär Karl Säre, riikliku julgeoleku rahvakomissar Boris Kumm ja siseasjade rahvakomissar Andrei Murro. Igas maakonnas olid oma kolmikud. Näiteks Pärnumaalt on teada: maakonna troika esimees NKGB ülem Kikkas ja liikmed NKVD kohalik ülem Johan Tamm ning Pärnumaa NKGB ülema asetäitja Gnezdin.
Kult& Elu

The mass deportation from Estonia

was directed by the troika including People’s State

Security Commissioner of the Estonian SSR, Boris Kumm,

People’s Commissioner of the Interior Affairs of the ESSR,

Andrei Murro and First Secretary of the Estonian

Communist Party (Bolsheviks), Karl Säre.

first time 7_th nov. celebration in tallinn. tarkpea and säre greet masses in 'heil hitler' manner.

in kremlin, aug. 1940

in nearest row; Ruus, Lauristin, Vares

jubilant crowd meet 'beggars' delegation on their arrival from moscow .

the same in latvia 

 

 riga

Top row: Minister-President A.Kirhenshteyn, Minister of War gene. R.Dambit Interior Minister V.Latsis Comrade. Interior Minister V.Latkovsky. Bottom row: Minister of Public Affairs P.Blau, minister of public welfare Yu.Latsic Justice Minister Yu.Paberz, Minister of Posts Ya.Yagars.

and lithuania

 Justas Paleckis speaks to masses. short individual next to him, Dekanozov.

TALLINN 28 aug 41, the end of 1st soviet occupation and beginning of nazi's

pics are from Oskar Viikholm collection and EFA archive.

  notice: Ühe ajaloolise võltsingu lõpp - canard about jews tearing down estonian flag exposed