Memories of the Bronze Night

In the past decades of the history of Estonia, there have occurred few events which have profoundly affected and touched more or less the entire population of the country. One of these events was undoubtedly the loss of the motor vessel “Estonia” on September 28th 1994 on its way from Tallinn to Stockholm with 989 persons on board, of whom over 800 died1. More recently, the events which took place in April 2007 (named as the ‘Bronze Night’, BN) are comparable due to their far-reaching effect on the people of Estonia. There have been numerous newspaper articles which have been written, as well as several studies2 which have been published concerning the BN. In addition issues such as the effects of being an on-site on journalist3, as well as fear as a political means of influence4 have also been examined, to mention a few. The aftermath of relocating the Liberators’ Monument and the cyberattacks5 against governmental agencies and services, banks and media