The third Congress of Isamaaliit. Procession of Congress participants greeting the President in front of the Toompea castle. The President and members of the government of the Republic of Estonia on the balcony (Tallinn, 5.12.37). Belonging to Isamaaliit was a hard accusation for many arrested persons.

 

A police parade in Liberty Square on Nov. 12, 1938 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Estonian police force and its Tallinn–Harju prefecture. Only some policemen escaped repression of the Soviet occupation regime.

 

 

August Voldemar Kõrv – Estonian linguist, teacher and author of dictionaries, graduated Tartu University on Sept. 12, 1930 with Master of Phil. Degree.

He worked in high schools as a teacher of Estonian and a Lecturer of Estonian at Higher Military School in Tallinn. He compiled four dictionaries ”A Student’s Foreign Dictionary” (1935), “Pocket Foreign Dictionary” (1935) etc. The dictionaries were widely used in the Estonian schools from 1935 until 1940 due to the suggestion of the Ministry of Education. After his arrest on June 24, 1941, his wife and sons were sent for, but they were not found. See also page 209.

 

Family Kõrv in summer in Pirita in 1940.

From the left: Aili Kõrv, Ago Kõrv (b. 7.08.1934), Heiki Kõrv (26.10.1932) and August Voldemar Kõrv (30.03.1899). A.V. Kõrv died in prison camp on Jan. 7, 1942. Due to repression danger his wife and sons escaped to Germany in 1944, emigrated to America in 1950. Both of his sons graduated university and gained success in their fields.

Photos from son Ago Kõrv’s private collection in U.S.A.

 

Officer of the Republic of Estonia, Lieutenant Jüri Ojatalu’s family in his wife’s childhood home in Puhkova village in Virumaa in spring–summer in 1940. As then, also in 1941 the head of the family was foreseen a service in Värska military camp. He sent to imprisonment there on June 14 from there.

 

In August 1956 in Rakvere. Although they had lost several homes, family was reunited. The father was alive after Norilsk, son Enn (standing on the right) returned from Inta, Ülo from Arhangelsk region prison camp.

E. and Ü. Ojatalu opposed occupying power as members of youth organisation when they were students.

Photos from Ülo Ojatalu’s private collection.

 

 

Courses of Saare Department of Female Home Defence in Kuressaare in Dec.1929.