Monument to the 1944 Great Flight

Monument to the 1944 Great Flight

21.09.2024, Pärnu. A monument commemorating the Great Flight of 80 years ago was unveiled in Pärnu. The monument symbolizes the final touch between those who left and those who stayed behind. This location marks the spot from which people fled westward from Pärnu 80 years ago. The Great Flight was a mass exodus from Estonia in the late summer and fall of 1944, as people fled the advancing Soviet Red Army. It is also referred to as the "boat escape," as most refugees fled by sea in small boats, earning them the name "boat refugees. Photo: Urmas Luik/Pärnu PM

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  • ILEA003345358
  • Registered date
  • 2024/9/21 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Scanpix / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Pärnu PM/Scanpix Baltics
  • Media size
  • 5777 × 3851 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 5.19(MB)*
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      21.09.2024, Pärnu. A monument commemorating the Great Flight of 80 years ago was unveiled in Pärnu. The monument symbolizes the final touch between those who left and those who stayed behind. This location marks the spot from which people fled westward from Pärnu 80 years ago. The Great Flight was a mass exodus from Estonia in the late summer and fall of 1944, as people fled the advancing Soviet Red Army. It is also referred to as the "boat escape," as most refugees fled by sea in small boats, earning them the name "boat refugees. Photo: Urmas Luik/Pärnu PM
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        21.09.2024, Pärnu. A monument commemorating the Great Flight of 80 years ago was unveiled in Pärnu. The monument symbolizes the final touch between those who left and those who stayed behind. This location marks the spot from which people fled westward from Pärnu 80 years ago. The Great Flight was a mass exodus from Estonia in the late summer and fall of 1944, as people fled the advancing Soviet Red Army. It is also referred to as the "boat escape," as most refugees fled by sea in small boats, earning them the name "boat refugees. Photo: Urmas Luik/Pärnu PM
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          21.09.2024, Pärnu. A monument commemorating the Great Flight of 80 years ago was unveiled in Pärnu. The monument symbolizes the final touch between those who left and those who stayed behind. This location marks the spot from which people fled westward from Pärnu 80 years ago. The Great Flight was a mass exodus from Estonia in the late summer and fall of 1944, as people fled the advancing Soviet Red Army. It is also referred to as the "boat escape," as most refugees fled by sea in small boats, earning them the name "boat refugees. Photo: Urmas Luik/Pärnu PM