Programme
10:00–10:05 Greeting and introduction, Meelis Maripuu, PhD, Board Member of the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory
10:05–10:15 Opening Words by President of the Republic of Estonia, Alar Karis
10:15–10:45 Keynote speaker: Uprooted: the Refugee in Us – Andreas Kossert, historian, PhD (Germany)
10:45–11:15 Meelis Maripuu, PhD, Board Member of the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory – Introduction of the database “Estonian War Refugees in World War II”
11:15–11:45 Hiljar Tammela, Researcher at the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory – presentation of a collection of articles on boat refugees to Sweden
11:45–12:00 Coffee break
12:00–12:30 Heikki Roiko-Jokela, PhD (Finland), The Northbound Journey of Estonian Refugees: Secret Crossings over the Gulf of Finland, Exile in Sweden and Extraditions to the Soviet Union
12:30–13:00 Pär Frohnert, PhD (Sweden) – Sweden and Refugees during the World War II
13:00–13:30 Ivar Rüütli – Departure of Estonian Swedes
13:30–14:00 Lunch
14:00–14:30 Marko Poolamets and Olev Liivik, PhD (EMI) – Film introduction
14:30–15:30 Screening of the documentary film “Fleeing: Departure Into the Unknown”. The film brings to the viewer the topic of helping refugees, the stories of refugees and returnees on the example of Sweden, and illustrates the void left by refugees in Estonian society.
15:30–16:15 Discussion: Professor of Archival Studies at Tartu University, Aigi Rahi-Tamm and demographer, Tallinn University Professor Allan Puur, and Sirle Sööt, President of Association of Estonians in Sweden and Estonian World Council
16:15–16:30 Closing remarks
17:00–18:15 Raimo Kangro’s “Mass for Innocent Estonians” (1989, op. 40)in Haapsalu Cathedral, conductor Jüri-Ruut Kangur
