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Oskar Angelus (7 May 1892 – 3 November 1979) was an Estonian politician and collaborator with Nazi Germany.
Biography
[edit]Angelus was born in Kolga Parish (now Kuusalu Parish), Kreis Harrien in the Governorate of Estonia of the Russian Empire, the son of Karl Angelus and Sophie Auguste Johanna Angelus (née Eichhorn).
In 1911, Angelus graduated from the University of Dorpat. He participated in the Estonian War of Independence and was awarded the Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class. Until 1940, he worked at the Estonian Department of Internal Affairs. In 1941, after the German occupation of Estonia and the establishment of the Estonian Self-Administration (which was subordinated to Reichskomissariat Ostland), Angelus was made Director for Home Affairs.[1] In this position, he established the Estonian Security Police and SD, which arrested, prosecuted, and handed over to the German authorities Soviet collaborators, as well as the remaining Estonian Jews and Roma.[2]
When the German forces retreated from Estonia in 1944, Angelus fled to Germany. He stayed there until 1950, when he relocated to Sweden. Angelus lived in the Scanian city of Lund until his death in 1979, and was never prosecuted for his role in the Holocaust.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "12,000 Estonians Executed as Nazis Use Petty Gangsters in Rule of Terror". Daily World. New York, NY. April 12, 1942. p. 11. Retrieved March 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Phase II: The German Occupation of Estonia in 1941-1944 (PDF). Tartu: Estonian International Commission for Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ↑ Zuroff, Efraim. "Sweden's Refusal to Prosecute Nazi War Criminals: 1986-2002". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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- 1892 births
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- People from Kuusalu Parish
- Politicians from Harju County
- People from the Governorate of Estonia
- Estonian Self-Administration
- Holocaust perpetrators in Estonia
- Perpetrators of the Romani Holocaust
- Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence
- Recipients of the Cross of Liberty (Estonia)
- Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class
- Estonian World War II refugees
- Estonian emigrants to Sweden