The Estonian dissident who helped break the silence at Hirvepark
At Hirvepark, Madisson called for the secret protocols to be published and their consequences liquidated.
Tiit Madisson was an Estonian dissident and writer who spent 1980–1986 as a political prisoner. After his release, he founded MRP-AEG and helped organise the 1987 Hirvepark meeting, which demanded publication of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact's secret protocols and the liquidation of their consequences. The rally became a key moment in the return of public political action in late Soviet Estonia, and the authorities forced him into exile in Sweden. After returning, he took part in Estonia's restoration politics and nationalist organisations; his later writings also drew criticism for Holocaust denial.
Career Timeline
- 1970년대 중반Organiser in Estonia's hippie movement
- 1980–1986Political prisoner, then exiled internally
- 1987Founder of MRP-AEG and principal organiser of the Hirvepark meeting
- 1987–1990Exile in Sweden; contributor to Radio Free Europe
- 1990–1992Member of the Congress of Estonia and Estonian Committee
- 1994Presided over the founding congress of the Nationalists' Central League
- 2002–2005Mayor of Lihula
- 2009Helped launch the re-establishment of the Estonian National Independence Party