Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom Museum

In the museum lesson, we will explore through life stories 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 we have to make today? We also make easier or harder choices in our own lives every day that can permanently affect our life destiny. But what about our ancestors? What was their life destiny? What were or were not their choices? In the museum lesson, we will look back at the escape and repression during the German and Soviet occupation. In groups, we will explore what could have influenced the decisions made by Olaf, Linda, Magda and many others and how the choices they made influenced their future lives.