| Kirjeldus | War in the Woods tells the story of Estonia’s “Forest Brothers”…
Laar and his colleagues collected oral testimony and data from survivors of Soviet atrocities and veterans of the Forest Brother movement, which included both active resistance fighters and their support network in villages and towns….
Each of the stories evoke the raw human emotion necessary for survival under extreme conditions. Stories of success and failure capture the reader’s attention. The tale of August Sabe, who survived in the forests until 1978; the story of how Colonel Alfons Rebane ran “Operation Jungle” from England under the SIS (see 5 July instalment of Amber Coast); and the exploits of Ants Kaljur, nicknamed “Ants the Terrible” by both friend and foe, are just a few examples of the intrigue to be found throughout the book. — M. Huang, Central Europe Review 1(12) 1999. |