Maie Currie

Maie was born in Estonia in 1939. Her mother escaped with her to Germany in 1944 and in 1949 they left for America. This is Maie's emotional account how she went back to Estonia in 1968 for 6 days to meet her father who had been taken from her in 1941 to a labor camp and eventually was made to go into the Soviet Army.

Maie Currie visiting Tallinn in 1968. Private collection.

Visit behind the Iron Curtain

By Maie Currie / September 29, 2016 / 19 minutes of reading

Maie Currie was born in Estonia in 1939. In 1944, her mother fled with her to Germany, and in 1949 they emigrated to the United […]

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