The article had been posted online two days earlier, coincidentally on the 34th anniversary of Latvia regaining independence after being illegally occupied by the Soviet Union in the prelude to WWII, remaining so after war’s end. Unfortunately, two errors were to be found online. The first line of the opinion piece stated that the infamous document that resulted in millions of deaths was signed on August 24th, 1939. The second error online—stating that the Baltic states regained independence in 1993, when it was actually in 1991, while the Soviet Union was threatened by a putsch—was thankfully caught by the editors of the print issue. But surely, in this age of instant communication and info transfer, the first error should also have been caught and corrected.
Dr. Kristbergs was one of the speakers at an event on August 21st at Tartu College honouring the victims of totalitarian, communist, and fascist regimes through commemorating International Black Ribbon Day. That event was founded by Markus Hess to draw attention to the infamous MRP.
<figure...Täismahus artikkel on loetav Eesti Elu tellijatele
Igal nädalal toome me sinuni kõige olulisemad kogukonna uudised ja eksklusiivsed lood uutelt kolumnistidelt. Räägime eestlastele südamelähedastest teemadest, kogukonna tegijatest ja sündmustest. Loodame sinu toele, et meie kogukonna leht jätkuks pikkadeks aastateks.
Hind alates $2.30 nädalas.
