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Uniform Title Eesti rahva elulood. English.
Title Estonian life stories / edited and translated by Tiina Kirss ; compiled by Rutt Hinrikus
Published Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 539 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Hilja Lill (1905) -- Tuuli Jaik (1910) -- Elmar-Raimund Ruben (1918) -- David Abramson (1923) -- Evald Mätas (1921) -- Heljut Kapral (1923) -- Hans Karro (1923) -- Hillar Tassa (1923) -- Leida Madison (1925) -- Valter Lehtla (1924) -- Linda Põldes (1928) -- Tanni Kents (1920) -- Hans Lebert (1924) -- Voodel Võrk (1925) -- Peep Vunder (1936) -- Selma Tasane (1926) -- Asta Luksepp (1932) -- Heljo Liitoja (1923) -- Juta Pihlamägi (1927) -- Volita Paklar (1937) -- Raimo Loo (1929) -- Aili Valdrand (1936) -- Valdur Raudvassar (1939) -- Ene Ergma (1944) -- Tiia Allas (1973) -- Glossary
Summary After a short period of independence, Estonia was occupied in World War II by the Red Army, then Nazi Germany, and again, for a lasting occupation, by the Soviets. No wonder that a greater part of the roughly one million Estonians had harshly eventful lives. This anthology contains 25 selected life stories collected from Estonians who lived through the tribulations of the 20 century, and describe the travails of ordinary people under numerous regimes. The autobiographical accounts provide authentic perspectives on events of this period, where time is placed in the context of life-spans, and subjects grounded in personal experience. Most of the life stories reveal sufferings under foreign (Russian) oppression
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Baltic States.
SUBJECT Estonia -- History -- 20th century -- Biography
Estonia -- Biography
Subject Estonia
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
Author Kirss, Tiina, 1957-
Hinrikus, R. (Rutt)
ISBN 9781441637321
144163732X
9786155211751
6155211752
1283248239
9781283248235