- Fred Ise, tells how a group of patriotic youth, while the retreating Russian army was in disarray and the German army was advancing into Tallinn, raised the Estonian Flag.
- Captain Talpak, an Estonian, whose unit marched into Tallinn with the German armies, describes seeing the Estonian flag already flying from Pikk Hermann as the German armies entered Tallinn. "The noise of the battle, which lasted through the night of the 27/28 of August, quieted about 6 am. At about 8 in the morning, my older brother Sven and I, along with a young sailor Helmu Lelovigat, went from Ahju Street into town." Fred Ise Fred Ise, who was 16 at the time, tells how a group of patriotic youth, in the critical morning hours of August 28, 1941 while the retreating Russian army was in disarray and the German army was advancing into Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. This unique historical first person narrative of five hours of "freedom" in the midst of a battle between two occupying nations brings us surprising insights into the nationalistic pride of the young people in the midst of war and terror that called them to heroic measures to ensure that the Estonian flag would fly from the tower of Pikk Herman, thus symbolically declaring Estonia independent, if even for a moment.—Tom Mae
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