VEMU/Estonian Studies Centre Collecting Contest “70 Years from the Mass Exodus”
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the great escape of 1944, when over 70,000 people fled Estonia from Soviet occupation. The journeys into the free world were dramatic and often tumultuous. The first stops in Sweden or Germany were considered temporary – the people hoped to return home. However, that did not happen. Those who did not remain in Sweden or Germany moved on to Australia, to North or South America, or to England. Many refugees tried living in several countries and on various continents over the next years. We are calling on people to record their families’ journeys and subsequent fates.
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