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The following chart provides an overview of the fate of Estonian generals and admirals


Name

Last position
in the Estonian Armed Forces

Arrested

Fate

Major General Herbert Brede

Commander of the 3rd Division

June 28, 1941

Executed October 6, 1942 in Norilsk

Major General Otto Heinze

Retired in 1936. Last position: permanent member of the Council of the Ministry of Defense, previously Head of the 1st Division


Relocated to Germany in March of 1941. Died on June 8, 1968 in Bad Windsheim

Major General Judge Advocate Nikolai Helk (Tsistjakov)

Chairman of the High Military Court

September 17, 1940

Executed May 14, 1941 in Tallinn

Major General Aleksander Jaakson

Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces

October 18, 1940

Executed October 2, 1942 in Kirov Oblast

Major General Surgeon Martin-Volmer Jervan (Gross)

Head of the Armed Forces Health Administration

March 8, 1941

Executed October 15, 1942 in Tseljabinsk

Major General Gustav Jonson

Inspector General of the Cavalry, aide-de-camp to the President

July 19, 1941

Died November 15, 1942 in the Tseljabinsk Prison Camp

Major General August Kasekamp

1st Assistant Officer to the Head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces

July 1941

Died October 5, 1942 in a prison camp in the Saratov Oblast

Major General Hugo Kauler

Inspector General of the Field Artillery

July 1941

Executed September 22, 1942 on the shores of Lake Lama near Norilsk

Major General Jaan Kruus

Commander of the 2nd Division

July 1941

Executed May 15, 1942 in Moscow

Major General Hans Kurvits

Permanent member of the Council of the Armed Forces, former Commander of the Border Guard

June 14, 1941

Executed December 27, 1942 in Sosva Prison Camp

General Johan Laidoner

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

Deported July 7, 1940, arrested June 28, 1941

Died on March 13, 1953 in Vladimir Prison

Major General Andres Larka

Retired in 1925. Last position as assistant to the Minister of War

July 23, 1940

Died January 3, 1942. In Malmo in the Kirov Oblast

Major General Surgeon Hans Leesment

Chairman of the Estonian Red Cross


Died August 26, 1944 in Tallinn

Lieutenant General Paul-Adolf Lill

Retired in 1939. Last position, Minister of Defense

June 14, 1941

Died March 13, 1942 in Sverdlovsk Prison

Major General Surgeon Arthur Lossmann

Retired in 1935. Last position: Head of the Armed Forces Health Administration


Escaped to Germany in 1944. Died in London on August 1, 1972.

Major General Jaan Maide

Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces in September 1944 in the government headed by Otto Tief

October 24, 1944

Executed on August 10, 1945 in Moscow

Major General Johannes Orasmaa (Roska)

Head of the Home Guard

July 19, 1940

Died on May 24, 1943 in Kirov Prison

Major General Surgeon Aleksander Paldrok

Retired 1934. Worked last as adviser on skin diseases to the Armed Forces Health Service


Died on July 1, 1944 near Kuressaare

Rear Admiral Johan Pitka

Retired in November of 1919. Final position, Commander of the Estonian Navy


Believed to have died in combat in September of 1944 in Harju or Lääne county

Major General Aleksander Voldemar Pulk

Commander of the 1st Division

Dragooned into the Red Army

Perished on August 18, 1941 on the steamer “Sibir” on the Gulf of Finland (as an officer dragooned by the Soviets)

Major General Surgeon Ludvig Puusepp

Specialist in neurology for the Estonian Army


Died on October 19, 1942 in Tartu

Lieutenant General Nikolai Reek

Minister of War

March 12, 1941

Executed May 8, 1942 in Solikamisk Prison Camp

Major General Rudolf Reiman

Head of the Supply Command


Died September 16, 1946 in Tallinn

Major General Voldemar Viktor Rieberg

Retired in 1939. Last position: Inspector General with the Engineering Corps Inspectorate


Relocated to Germany in 1939. Served in different positions within the Wehrmacht during WW II. Died on September 21, 1952 in Baden-Baden

Major General Tõnis Rotberg

Assistant to the Minister of War, former Head of the Supply Command

September 1944

Died on July 24, 1953 in the Taiset Prison Camp

Rear Admiral Alexander Eduard von Salza

Permanent member of the Council of the Ministry of War, previously Commander of the Fleet

In the spring of 1945 in Germany

Died on January 23, 1946 in Moscow, in the Butorka Prison

Major General Jaan Soots

Retired in 1920. Last position: Chief of Staff of Armed Forces Headquarters

September 20, 1940

Executed February 6, 1942 in Perm Oblast in the Ussolje Prison Camp

Major General Otto Sternbeck

Retired in 1937. Last position as the Minister of Transportation, previously Inspector General of the Infantry


Executed July 23, 1941 in Tallinn.

Major General Richard Tomberg

Commander of the Air Defense Forces

January 1944

Was in prison from 1944–1956, accused of being an English spy, died on May 25, 1982 in Tallinn

Major General August Traksmaa (Traksmann)

Assistant to the Minister of War, former Acting Commander of the 2nd Division

June 14, 1941

Executed on July 16, 1942 in the Gorelniki Prison Camp

Major General Aleksander Tõnisson

Retired in 1934. Last position: permanent member of the Council of the Ministry of Defense, previously the Commander of the 1st Division

December 19, 1940

Executed on July 30, 1941 in Tallinn

Major General Juhan Tõrvand

Sent into retirement in 1935. Last position: Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces

June 14, 1941

Died May 12, 1942 in the Vjatka Prison Camp in the Kirov Oblast