Estonian NGOs call on people to commemorate 1949 Soviet mass deportations at home

  • 2020-03-23
  • BNS/TBT Staff
TALLINN - In accordance with public health requirements, no commemoration ceremonies marking the Soviet mass deportations of 1949 will be held on March 25, however, non-governmental organizations associated with the annual commemoration events call on the people of Estonia to light a candle in their window in memory of the deportees. Social media users are requested to post photos of their candles with the hashtag #Maletame ("Let us remember" in Estonian), to symbolically unite  Estonian people and commemorate the occasion despite the emergency situation an...
 
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