Ereda () is a village in

Alutaguse Parish Alutaguse Parish () is a rural municipality in Ida-Viru County. The administrative centre is Iisaku.http://www.alutagusevald.ee/ (accessed 5 March 2020) Settlements ;Boroughs Iisaku, Mäetaguse ;Villages There are 73 villages: Religion ...

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in northeastern

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. During the

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in World War II, a Nazi labor camp was situated there as a satellite camp of

Vaivara concentration camp Vaivara was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in occupied Estonia by the Nazi regime during World War II. Some 20,000 Jewish prisoners passed through its gates, mostly from the Vilna and Kovno Ghettos, but also ...

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Villages in Ida-Viru County Kreis Wierland {{IdaViru-geo-stub

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