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Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · 8d

Source: Image 3 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), November 1, 1939
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Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · 8d

OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact "Russian demands on Finland, as outlined yesterday by Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov in a speech before the Soviet Supreme Council, were described in all quarters here today as “unacceptable.”
The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.) Nov 1, 1939

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Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · 8d

OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"Finland Threatened By Soviet Russia - Scandinavia Cringes At Russ Threat - Molotoff's Warning To Finland Cast Gloom on Neighbor States"
The daily Alaska empire (Juneau, Alaska), November 1, 1939
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Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · 8d

Source: Hufvudstadsbladet, 30.10.1939, no. 293, p. 1
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30.10.1939 Hufvudstadsbladet no 293, s. 1

-. Hufvudstadsbladet Ab. Sanomalehti. Kansalliskirjaston digitaaliset aineistot

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Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · 8d

OTD Finland, Helsinki:
"Singers' tribute for the Nordic and United States envoys The impressive tribute to the singer outside the Swedish Minister's Hotel. At the door, Minister and Mrs. Sahlin are seen receiving the tribute."
Hufvudstadsbladet, 30.10.1939

Hufvudstadsbladet, 30.10.1939, no. 293, p. 1
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Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · 8d

Source: FINLAND'S STAND. (1939, Oktober 31). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved Oktober 31, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...

Source: FINLAND'S STAND. (1939, Oktober 31). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved Oktober 31, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46434671

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Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · 8d

OTD Oct 1939, Hitler-Stalin-Pact "Yesterday massed choirs led a crowd of 100,000 outside the US legation in Helsinki in singing "The Starspangled Banner" and the Finnish national an them. US Minister acknowledged the cheers and speeches of gratitude for the US support of Finland.
The West Australian

FINLAND'S STAND. (1939, Oktober 31). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved Oktober 31, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46434671

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Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · 20d

Source: Image 24 of The Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, Conn.), October 20, 1939
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Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · 20d

OTD Hitler-Stalin-Pact
"Russian Grab Meets Resistance When It's Finland's Turn To Give - The thrifty Finns paid their World war debts-financial variety. But the new war finds the Soviet, seeking a price that Finland is not so willing to pay."
October 20, 1939
The Waterbury Democrat

Image 24 of The Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, Conn.), October 20, 1939
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Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · Oct 4

Gerneral Laidoner: He and his wife were deported to Penza, Russia, died in prison; President Päts July 1940, together with his son Viktor and Viktor's wife Helgi-Alice and sons Matti and Henn, Konstantin Päts was deported to Ufa, ..

Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · Oct 4

In 1941 Soviet occupation authorities arrested Reek imprisoned and the following year executed him; Brede, after Estonia was occupied by the SU, was transferred to the Soviet Army. When Germany invaded Estonia in 1941, arrested by NKVD, sent to prison camp, where he was executed ...

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Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · Oct 4

Source: The Baltic Times : The First International English Newspaper in The Baltic States and Scandinavia, nr. 22, 5 oktoober 1939
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The Baltic Times : The First International English Newspaper in The Baltic States and Scandinavia 5 oktoober 1939 — DIGAR Eesti artiklid

DIGAR Eesti artiklid

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Jens Walter @jowalter.bsky.social · Oct 4

OTD Turning point in Estonia history. Illusions on the Estonian side. Politicians mentioned: Selter left Estonia in Nov 1939, moved to Geneva; Piip was arrested by the NKVD 1941,died in a Soviet prison camp; Following the 1940 occupation, Rei escaped to Stockholm and lived in exile ..
Oct 5. 1939