EU: Tallinn, Old Town (1939)
1939 Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn's Old Town photographed in 1939, on the eve of the Second World War and the Soviet occupation of Estonia that began the following year. The medieval quarter's streets and towers had by then stood for centuries.
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![EU: Tallinn (1938) [6abfefa6], Tallinn, 1938](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/b8a431e96af84ef58df6385691670df4.jpg?width=400)
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