Hi all,
I walked at a graveyard in a small town close to my place today and stumbled upon some graves labeled as Estonian graves. I read up about a little note there saying that these are graves for 62 people, mostly from Estonia, but also Lithuania and Latvia who were all seniors, came to Springe (the name of the town) in the 60s and lived in a seniors home. Everyone one was above 60. None of them had families in Springe so the city created this to leave them a mark.
It was difficult to find more information, but seems like most of the people have been born in the late 19th century and supposedly fled or re distributed after the Second World War.
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I traveled to the Baltic’s last year and learned so much about Estonia at the national museum (which is one of the coolest museums I ever visited).
But I was wondering today how many people habe been buried abroad, have there been families back home who never got the news of someone dying fat away from home? Our past has been so dark sometimes.
The people buried here apparently moved from Varel (which is more northern) in the mid 50s to Springe.
Well, here is a link with very minimal information about it. Maybe someone knows something more: https://www.rotary-stadttour.de/info-de.php?id=228
My cousins in Australia said there are quite a few Estonians who were laid to rest in their local cemetery (our grandmother, their mom and dad, plus other family). Because of deportations and persecution, our family scattered and are not in contact with remaining family in Estonia.