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  2. The Holocaust in Estonia - Wikipedia

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    The Holocaust in Estonia refers to Nazi crimes during the occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany. By the end of 1941 virtually all of the 950 to 1,000 Estonian Jews unable to escape Estonia before its Nazi occupation (25% of the total prewar Jewish population) were killed by German units such as Einsatzgruppe A and/or local collaborators.

  3. History of the Jews in Estonia - Wikipedia

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    Both of these were destroyed by fire during World War II. A synagogue was also built in Võru as shown in the records of Estonian Jewish historian Nathan Ganns. [3] The Jewish population spread to other Estonian cities where houses of prayer (at Valga, Pärnu and Viljandi) were erected and cemeteries were established.

  4. Vaivara concentration camp - Wikipedia

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    Vaivara was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in occupied Estonia by the Nazi regime during World War II.Some 20,000 Jewish prisoners passed through its gates, mostly from the Vilna and Kovno Ghettos, but also from Latvia, Poland, Hungary and the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

  5. Wartime collaboration in the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    Wartime collaboration occurred in every country occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, including the Baltic states.The three Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, were occupied by the Soviet Union in the summer of 1940, and were later occupied by Germany in the summer of 1941 and then incorporated, together with parts of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic of ...

  6. Estonia in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Consequently, Jews from countries outside the Baltics were shipped there to be exterminated. Out of the approximately 4,300 Jews in Estonia before the war, between 950 and 1,000 were entrapped by the Nazis. [84] An estimated 10,000 Jews were killed in Estonia after having been deported to camps there from elsewhere in Eastern Europe. [85]

  7. Klooga concentration camp - Wikipedia

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    The memorial was erected at the initiative of the Jewish Cultural Society and with the support of the Estonian Government. [4] In May 2005, Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip visited Klooga and both condemned the Holocaust and expressed sorrow that some Estonian citizens were complicit in war crimes during World War II:

  8. Category:Jewish Estonian history - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Jewish Estonian history" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... German occupation of Estonia during World War II; O.

  9. Jägala concentration camp - Wikipedia

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    Jägala concentration camp was a labour camp of the Estonian Security Police and SD during the German occupation of Estonia during World War II. The camp was established in August 1942 on a former artillery range of the Estonian Army near the village of Jägala, Estonia. It existed from August 1942 to August 1943.