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Harald Haberman (1904-1986), a Communist and later an acknowledged biologist, held a position of the chief of public defence for two years during the occupation of Estonia in 1940. Haberman recollects his experience with Toompea Castle. The filmmakers have used materials from the collections of central archives of film, photographs and phonographs of Estonian SSR, Museum of History of Estonian SSR, central archives of the history of Estonian SSR and Tallinn City Museum.

Director: Peep Puks

Keywords: historical events | joining the Soviet Union | incorporating Estonia into USSR | religious ministers | hoisting a flag | recollections of former times | beginning of the Soviet era | recollections of Soviet time | nostalgia of the Soviet time | statesmen and members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | View all »