Estonia News News Estonia » History: Estonian PM Accused of “Trying to Write the Holocaust Out of History” to Visit Yad Vashem
On Tuesday Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip will visit Yad Vashem. His itinerary includes a tour of the Holocaust History Museum, a memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance and a visit to the ...
News Estonia » History: Estonia's Double Date With History
Karl Marx is often quoted as saying that history repeats itself; the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Sometimes events are not all that clear, however. Consider Estonia. Last week, three ...
News Estonia » History: The Hidden History of Estonian Impressionism Under Stalin
‘Romantic and Progressive: Stalinist Impressionism in Painting of the Baltic States in the 1940s–1950s,’ installation view (photo courtesy of Kumu Art Museum of Estonia) TALLINN, Estonia — The history ...
News Estonia » History: Experts: Estonian history lessons do not skirt round challenging topics
Studying controversial topics can help schoolchildren separate facts from propaganda, two education experts said. It is partly for this reason that history lessons in schools do not gloss over ...
News Estonia » History: A History Lesson for Barack Obama: What Really Happened in Estonia During World War II?
Dear Mr. President, Your Excellency Barack Obama: In your speech in Estonia on Wednesday, you said, and I quote: “After all, the only reason we’re here today in a free and democratic Estonia is ...
News Estonia » History: Estonia’s Curious Palaces & Castles
Kadriorg Palace, Alatskivi Castle, Palmse Manor, Vihula Manor. Christine traces the history of Estonian homes made for Baltic Germans, Scandinavians and Russians. She visits Kadriorg Palace, built by ...
News Estonia » History: Estonia's rise, encapsulated in a piano's history
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...
News Estonia » History: 'Time travel' takes Estonian schoolchildren to the 1936 Berlin Olympics
In Tartu, the Mart Reiniku School combined the time-travel event with its own school Olympics. Over on Saaremaa, students "met" the 1936 wrestling heroes, portrayed by present day athletes Heiki Nabi ...