The Cross of Liberty and the Monument to the War of Independence in Tallinn
Kommentaarid on kirjutatud EWR lugejate poolt. Nende sisu ei pruugi ühtida EWR toimetuse seisukohtadega.
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Harri Kivilo24 Jun 2009 15:50
Independence War monuments that had been destroyed during the occupations ..."
The word "occupations" in the the sentence above means that Germans too destroyed our Independence War monuments. It seems that our Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EMFA) has used plural only to emphasize that the German occupation was as horrible as the Russian one. Does EMFA not realize that distorting facts will undermine our credibility?
m25 Jun 2009 10:34
Three occupations:

1. Russian 39-41
2. German 41-44
3. Russian 44-89

I don't read the piece as specifying which one was responsible for the greatest amount of monument destruction and symbol suppression.
Maxim25 Jun 2009 14:58
As long as the world sees World War 2 as a conflict purely in terms of Germany v's Russia, there is no way the world will see Estonia's push for freedom for what it is. German uniforms worn by Estnonia soldiers was probably not the best choice a veteran soldier could have made, but what was the alternative? Thanks largely to the pigheaded leftwing thinktanks and lobbys that support Russian interest over Germany, it is a forgone conclusion that Estonia only fought in Germany's interests and not her own.
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