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Members of student fraternities lined up in front of the main building of the University of Tartu in 1927. Estonian student societies and fraternities, modelled on those in Germany, were part of the general wave of new civil organisations in the late 19th and early 20th century. The oldest student organisation, the Estonian Students’ Society, was founded in 1870. ESS gave the nation its blue-black-white flag.
Members of the Tartu University student fraternities
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Source: Estonian Film Archives (EFA A-65-37)
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Members of student fraternities lined up in front of the main building of the University of Tartu in 1927. Estonian student societies and fraternities, modelled on those in Germany, were part of the general wave of new civil organisations in the late 19th and early 20th century. The oldest student organisation, the Estonian Students’ Society, was founded in 1870. ESS gave the nation its blue-black-white flag.

