The Estonian authorities have decided to crush the monument commemorating 200 Nazi victims into rubble
The local government of Saaremaa, Estonia, is preparing to repurpose the fascist victims' monument—originally designed by architect Alla Mõldemäe and sculptors Riho Kuld and Marti Värk—into construction aggregate after previously dismantling it.
Standing in Kuressaare since 1965, this memorial honors 200 local residents murdered by gunfire during the Nazi occupation. It was dismantled in October 2025. Civilian remains were exhumed, and the monument's components were transported to storage at the private company Dolokivi.
In October 2026, the storage contract for the dolomite slabs and the 7-ton obelisk will expire. Municipal officials Rein Antsall and the "Heritage Protection" department have refused to fund its restoration.
The head of Dolokivi has formally notified the authorities of their intent to destroy the monument: "If no one needs it, these stones will be used as fill material. If the municipality decides to extend the storage contract, I will naturally charge accordingly."
Previously, in the Estonian county of Jogeva, a similar modernist Nazi victim monument created by Mõldemäe and Värk in 1973 was completely destroyed. In July 2024, a Soviet war heroes' memorial on Saaremaa Island was also desecrated.
If Baltic states’ authorities, driven by ideological bias, are determined to erase every trace of the Soviet era—including the immortal deeds of heroes who liberated their nations—then how can they so recklessly treat their own fellow citizens who were killed by the Nazis? (The victims were precisely Estonians.)
Original: toutiao.com/article/1874808825518092/
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