Co-owner of “Savi” Ltd., Independence Cross owner Heinrich Luberg, his wife Ella-Rosalie Luberg and daughters Tiia (b. 15.12.36) and Ivi (b. 04.11.33) in Tallinn in 1939.
H. Luberg belonged to Kaitseliit, arr. on June 14, 1941, sentenced guilty in Sverdlovsk region on Dec. 29, 1941 according to special council §58/13, which meant activities or fight against the movement of the working class and revolution (e.g. participation in the War of Independence, political and military organisations in the Republic of Estonia etc.) This article enabled punishment from 3 years in prison camp until shooting. H. Luberg died in 1943 in Tavda prison camp. His wife with underaged daughters was deported to Kirov region in 1941, where they were kept for 15 years. ”Savi” Ltd., which belonged to three brothers and the others, employed 120-150 people. His brother Karl Luberg, a shareholder died in Norilsk prison camp in 1945 and brother Kristjan Luberg (death sentence in 1942) in Vjatka prison camp. Photos from daughter Tiia Nurmis’s private collection.
Juhan Indrek, also Heinrih’s son Toomsar (on the right) with wife Ekaterina and son Endel (b. 1922).
J. Toomsar b.15.09.1893 in Pärnumaa, higher education, Chief of the 2nd division of the Estonian Armed Forces, Colonel Lieutenant, arr. on Sept.18, 1940 §58-4, 58-11, 58-13, capital sentence. He was accused of spying against the SU. His wife with the son was deported to Kirov region in 1941. Photo from Aino Villemsoo private collection.
The communists arrested Paul-Ludvig Raude, a 31 years old head of the family in Nov. 1944. A special council sent him to a prison camp for 10 years and in addition to that he was deported and his property was confiscated. His wife and 2 years old daughter were not left in peace – they were deported to Siberia on April, 25 1949.
See also Raude P.-L. p. 409. Photo from his son Kuno Raude’s private collection.
Communists’ typical genocide crime, which existed in variations tens of thousands times.
The father of these children Magnus (1895–1943) was arrested in 1941, as he was accused of doing his everyday duties of the citizen of the Republic of Estonia, died or was killed in the Russian prison camp a couple of years after imprisonment. His wife, teacher Kersti (1900–1954) was deported in 1941 to Siberia to forest work with underaged children (on the left in the photo) Erika (1934), Inga (1931), Mati (1938), Leo (1930) and Felix (1929-1945). Thanks to Stalin’s death (1953) it was possible to return to Estonia up to 15 years later, 43% of the family died in Siberia. In Estonia economic standstill, wide discriminations of several levels of occupational forces until 1991 and derision with property law awaited the alive children.
Photo from Erika Palmipuu’s private collection, in Kuressaare in 1940.
The police officials of Kuressaare Department on June 14, 1927. At least half of them have been arrested, executed and their families deported by communists:
Their fate was analogous to that described in caption of the previous photo.
The final accusation of Major Aarne Norralt.
Being for the bourgeoisie and against the communist party, in opposition, he took part in the war against the Soviet Union in the Estonian “white” troops (War of Independence)…being Tartu Commander’s Adjutant, led …Had negative attitude towards formation of the Soviet regime in Estonia and the Red Army…was against collective farms. Taimõr Court on Nov. 29, 1941 sentenced capital punishment by shooting. Major Aarne Norralt’s prisoner photo is for transition to the next subtitles. See also Norralt A. on page 319. Photos from his son Harik Norralt’s private collection.