Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom Museum

The virtual time travel VR Tallinn 1939/44 first takes you back to before World War II and introduces the history of Tallinn's Harju Street. Through VR glasses, you can spatially, colorfully and interactively experience how beautiful Tallinn was before World War II. An audio guide compiled by historians introduces the history of Tallinn's buildings, businesses and cafes. The second part of the virtual journey takes you back to the time of the German occupation, which includes the Soviet air force's attack on Tallinn and the consequences of the March bombing of Harju Street in 1944-1946. The program continues in Vabamu and explores through biographies what a person's life could and can be like in the midst of war and under harsh policies. Why did many people decide to leave their homeland? Who stayed and will stay? Who was forcibly taken away? What choices did young people have to make in the past and what choices do they have to make today? We also make easier or harder choices in our own lives every day, which can permanently affect our fate. But what about our ancestors? What was their fate? What were or were not their choices? The joint program provides a good overview of the fate of Tallinn in World War II and teaches us to understand the choices of people in the midst of war, who cope with difficulties despite everything.