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Esthonian Museum Exhibits Documents on Nazi Annihilation of Jews

May 22, 1962
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An exhibition of the Nazi occupation of Esthonia, organized at the Historical Museum in Tallin, includes documents, material and photographs describing the annihilation of the Esthonian Jewish community, it was reported here today.

Among the items being shown are several pages written in Yiddish which were found in 1959 in a field in the region of the former concentration camp at Lagna. Another exhibit includes a school certificate in the name of Jacob Noah Lew, born 1920; a half-burnt medical diploma of one Dr. Aaron Bernstein and a deportation order in the name of Shepselt Pruzshan. Also. Also shown are documents from the infamous Kloga concentration camp.

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