Police mugshots of Aili Jürgenson after her arrest. She is a white woman with dark hair.

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   #OnThisDay, 8 May 1946, Estonian teens Aili Jürgenson and Ageeda Paavel blew up a Soviet war memorial in response to Soviet destruction of Estonian war memorials. They served eight years in the gulag as punishment. In 1988 they were awarded the Estonian Order of the Cross of the Eagle to recognise their fight.

   We only have a photo of Aili Jürgenson.

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