http://www.tallinnblog.org/architecture-gossip-vabadussoja-voidusammas-on-vabaduse-valjak/ Find out more about Estonia's capital, its sights of interest and its people Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:31:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.tallinnblog.org/architecture-gossip-vabadussoja-voidusammas-on-vabaduse-valjak/comment-page-1/#comment-970 Ulfur Grai Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:15:36 +0000 http://www.tallinnblog.org/?p=943#comment-970 I visited the Baltic countries in late summer, early autumn this year, saw the people's relay on the day of the Ribbentrop-Molotov treaty 23rd of august in Latvia, took a dipp in the still warm water of the Gulf of Riga in Pärnu, enjoyed 1st of september among all the youngsters in Vilnius and loved the old town of Tallinn - but I was really shocked when I saw the recently erected monument at Vabaduse Väljak, which I just can't call a Monument of Freedom because it so awfully stunning resembles the stele the Nazis loved to erect in their times wherever they held their mass assemblies. I am sorry but in my view this monument follows the aethetics of fascism. And I can't understand how authorities in Estonia can be so tasteless and unconscient of history to favor a monstrum like this as the official monument of the estonian people's struggle for liberty. I visited the Baltic countries in late summer, early autumn this year, saw the people’s relay on the day of the Ribbentrop-Molotov treaty 23rd of august in Latvia, took a dipp in the still warm water of the Gulf of Riga in Pärnu, enjoyed 1st of september among all the youngsters in Vilnius and loved the old town of Tallinn - but I was really shocked when I saw the recently erected monument at Vabaduse Väljak, which I just can’t call a Monument of Freedom because it so awfully stunning resembles the stele the Nazis loved to erect in their times wherever they held their mass assemblies. I am sorry but in my view this monument follows the aethetics of fascism. And I can’t understand how authorities in Estonia can be so tasteless and unconscient of history to favor a monstrum like this as the official monument of the estonian people’s struggle for liberty.

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