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Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom

Coordinates: 59°25′57.53″N 24°44′21.95″E / 59.4326472°N 24.7394306°E / 59.4326472; 24.7394306
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Museum of Occupations
Okupatsioonide muuseum
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Established1 July 2003 (2003-07-01)
LocationToompea 8, Tallinn, Estonia
Coordinates59°25′57.53″N 24°44′21.95″E / 59.4326472°N 24.7394306°E / 59.4326472; 24.7394306
TypeHistory museum, Memorial museum
DirectorKadri Viires
CuratorMartin Andreller, Jean-Loup Rousselot
Public transit accessTõnismägi, TLT
Websitewww.vabamu.ee Edit this at Wikidata

The Museum of Occupations (Template:Lang-et) in Tallinn, Estonia, is located at the corner of Toompea St. and Kaarli Blvd. It was opened on July 1, 2003, and is dedicated to the 1940-1991 period in the history of Estonia,[1] when the country was occupied by the Soviet Union, then Nazi Germany, and then again by the Soviet Union.[2] During most of this time the country was known as the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.

The museum is managed by the Kistler-Ritso Estonian Foundation. The foundation is named after Dr. Olga Kistler-Ritso, the founder, president, and financial supporter of the foundation. The members of the foundation started to collect articles for the museum and for historical study in 1999. Cooperation was set with Estonian International Commission for the Investigation of the Crimes Against Humanity, the Estonian State Commission on Examination of the Policies of Repression, Memento Association, the Research Centre of the Soviet Era in Estonia, as well as with the Russian Memorial Society dedicated to victims of Soviet repressions, and other organizations. [3]

  • Soviet prison doors on display.
    Soviet prison doors on display.
  • Soviet and Nazi exhibit in the museum.
    Soviet and Nazi exhibit in the museum.
  • Head of Lenin statue in the museum basement.
    Head of Lenin statue in the museum basement.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.inyourpocket.com/tallinn/the-museum-of-occupations_7159v
  2. ^ http://www.okupatsioon.ee/index.php/et/
  3. ^ Kistler-Ritso Foundation Archived 2010-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
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