21 March 2025 ERR reports from Saaremaa in terms of Tehumardi memorial:
The municipality of Saaremaa covered the propaganda texts and the red emblem of the Tehumardi memorial monument on its own initiative on Friday morning before the start of the tourist season.
The heritage authority confirmed that they were aware of the municipality’s wish to do so, but deplored the fact that Saaremaa municipality did not coordinate the activities on Tehumardi with the authority.
“Today we are covering up temporarily, with relatively little damage to the monument, but we are looking for funding to do the solution we have planned to do here. Today, unfortunately, this funding is not yet available and we are temporarily closing (the pillar),” said Saaremaa mayor Mikk Tuisk.
Tuisk was not one hundred percent sure whether the heritage preservation office is also aware of the municipality’s activities. “In fact, they are aware that we are temporarily covering it up. This whole saga has dragged on for an embarrassingly long time, and at some point it just has to be done, and today it will be done,” Tuisk said.
‘Today is just a cover-up, so that this propaganda text can be closed, the pentagon can be closed and we will see how the final solution will be here in the end,’ the mayor added.