Search from our page    Eesti keeles	Crucial October 1939 Chronology of year 1939 07.06. 1939- Estonian and Latvian foreign affairs ministers sign a nonaggression pact with Germany. 23.08. 1939- The Soviet Union and Germany sign a nonaggression pact known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that contained secret protocols dividing the “spheres of influence”. 25.09. 1939- The Soviet Union started reconaissance flights over Estonia to find out whether Estonia is mobilizing. 28.09. 1939- The Republic of Estonia ja The Soviet Union sign a so called agreement of bases. 06.10. 1939- Adolf Hitler holds a speech asking Germans living in the “Soviet influence spheres”— Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania— to return to Fatherland. 11.10. 1939- The Soviet fleet arrives in Tallinn. 12.10. 1939- The last government— withJüri Uluots as the Prime Minister— of the Republic of Estonia prior to the occupation is formed. 18.10. 1939- The first Baltic-German resettlers leave Tallinn- The Umsiedlung begins. The Soviet Army troops enter the Estonian territory. EFA.0-48707 The Soviet Red Army troops crossing the border of The Republic of Estonia and The Soviet Union on 18th October 1939. Still from a documentary- EFA no 293- “The Arrival of the Soviet Army Troops and Navy in Estonia”. EFA.0-48710 The Soviet Army arrived in Estonia on 18th October 1939. Still from a documentary- EFA no 293. EFA.0-48682 The Soviet infantry on their way to the Paldiski naval base on 18th of October 1939. Still from a documentary- EFA no 293. EFA.0-152888 (photo: O. Viikholm) Soviet marines getting acquainted with Tallinn on 12th October 1939. EFA.0-30781 The Soviet fleet arriving in Tallinn on 11th October 1939. EFA.0-48691 Arrival of the Soviet fleet in Tallinn 11th October 1939. Still from a documentary- EFA no 293. EFA.0-145253 Germans following Hitler’s invitation to return to Germany in front of the German Culture Administration building in Tallinn 1939. EFA.0-152828 (Photo: O. Viikholm) The resettlement- Umsiedlung- started on 18th October 1939. EFA.0-152859 (Photo: O. Viikholm) The cattle and horses were also taken with. EFA.0-153540 (Photo: O. Viikholm) EFA.0-152842 (Photo: O. Viikholm) EFA.0-152835 (Photo: O. Viikholm) EFA.0-152864 (Photo: O. Viikholm) Weighing items of precious metal at the customs. EFA.0-151212 (Photo: O. Viikholm) “Der Deutsche” waiting for the resettlers at the Port of Tallinn on 18th October 1939. [Back]
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