Pilistvere Memorial
Pilistvere Memorial is a tomb piled up from stones with a cross in front of the tomb. By carrying stones to the bottom of the cross Estonians remember their fellowmen who were deported to Siberia. This is a place were all Estonians who lost someone during the deportation can come to as to a symbolic grave and to honour them.
Pilistvere Memorial is a tomb piled up from stones with a cross in front of the tomb. By carrying stones to the bottom of the cross Estonians remember their fellowmen who were deported to Siberia. This is a place were all Estonians who lost someone d
Reviews
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Paying respects in Pilistvere
Personal & poignant reminder of Estonia's history, in beautiful, tranquil, setting. I will never forget it.
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beautiful and peaceful memorial for the victimes of Soviet opression
Next to the Pilistvere graveyard a beautiful and peaceful memorial was initiated by the Pilistvere legendary pastor Vello Salum. Stones have been brought here from all over Estonia. From homes from...
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The memorial is located where once there was a home
It is a beautiful quiet place. A home. Like many from where the families were deported. People have been bringing stones here in memory of lost lives, of lost homes. Some have been engraved carrying...
Information
- PILISTVERE KIRIKLA, Arjassaare küla, Põhja-Sakala vald, Viljandi maakond
- E-mail: hermann.kalmus@eelk.ee
- hermann.kalmus@eelk.ee
- (+372) 437 8561
- (+372) 553 2789
