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The Rio Olympics refugee team finally has its own flag, and an anthem – Aug. 13, 2016 Quartz article
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn Aug. 13, 2016 Quartz article is entitled: “The Rio Olympics refugee team finally has its own flag, and an anthem.” The opening paragraphs (which include several links, which you can find through the link in the previous sentence) read: When they were selected to compete in the Rio 2016 Olympics, the competition’s first-ever refugee […]
Soviets deported over 7,000 women, children, and elderly people from Estonia on June 14 to 17, 1941
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillPrevious posts about Estonia (from where members of my extended family left as refugees in 1944) can be accessed here > A June 14, 2016 Estonian World article is entitled: “Pictures: Deported Estonians in Siberia.” The opening paragraphs read: In the summer of 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as a result […]
My family fled as refugees from Estonia in 1944; they were among the ones who survived the journey
/1 Comment/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillClick here to access BBC Estonia country profile > I was born in Sweden in 1946, after my parents and several other members of the extended family including my grandparents on my mother’s side crossed the Baltic Sea to Sweden in the autumn of 1944. They made the trip in two separate boats. There were […]