Reports of the Estonian International Commission 1940-45

[Reigo]

Thought that some people here may find this book (just published) useful:

Estonia 1940-1945 : reports of the Estonian International Commission for the Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity / Estonian International Commission for the Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity ; [compiled by Toomas Hiio ... et al. ; translated by Aet Varik-Ringborg ... et al. ; edited by Toomas Hiio, Meelis Maripuu and Indrek Paavle ; foreword: Lennart Meri]

Tallinn, 2006

ISBN 9949130409

1337 pages plus maps

TABLE OF CONTENTS
I A WORD OF WELCOME
by H. E. Lennart Meri, President of the Republic of Estonia, to the International Commission
Investigating Crimes against Humanity in Estonia. In Kadriorg, on 26 January 1999
III STATEMENT
by the International Commission for Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity.
27 January 1999, Tallinn
REPORTS
Reports of the Estonian International Commission
for the Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity
VII PHASE I : THE SOVIET OCCUPATION OF ESTONIA IN 1940–1941
XVII PHASE II : THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF ESTONIA IN 1941–1944
XXV APPENDIX.
Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court
PART I
Soviet occupation 1940–1941
1 THE OCCUPATION OF ESTONIA BY THE SOVIET UNION IN 1940
Peeter Kaasik, Toomas Hiio, Indrek Paavle, Meelis Maripuu, Aivar Niglas
7 SOVIET MILITARY BASES IN ESTONIAN TERRITORY IN 1939–1940
Magnus Ilmjärv
33 RESETTLEMENT OF THE GERMAN MINORITY FROM ESTONIA IN 1939–1941
Luule Rand
45 HEAD OF STATE, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PARLIAMENT OF ESTONIA IN 1934–1940.
AN OVERVIEW
Toomas Hiio, Peeter Kaasik
49 21 JUNE 1940 IN TALLINN AND ELSEWHERE IN ESTONIA
Peeter Kaasik, Meelis Maripuu, Toomas Hiio
57 MEMBERS OF THE PUPPET GOVERNMENT OF JOHANNES VARES
Peeter Kaasik, Toomas Hiio, Meelis Maripuu
65 ROLE OF THE ESTONIAN COMMUNIST PARTY IN SUMMER 1940
Meelis Maripuu, Peeter Kaasik, Toomas Hiio, Argo Kuusik, Aivar Niglas
79 ELECTION OF THE RIIGIVOLIKOGU OF THE ESSR ON 14–15 JULY 1940
Indrek Paavle
91 APPENDIX 1.
Members of the districts’ committees for the ESSR Riigivolikogu election by profession
91 APPENDIX 2.
Candidates opposing the ETRL who participated in the ESSR Riigivolikogu election
98 APPENDIX 3.
Summarised data concerning the ESSR Riigivolikogu election
99 THE ESSR RIIGIVOLIKOGU
Peeter Kaasik, Meelis Maripuu
105 DISSOLUTION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS AND REPLACEMENT OF HIGHER STATE OFFICIALS
Peeter Kaasik, Toomas Hiio
110 APPENDIX.
Dismissal of the higher officials of the Republic of Estonia by the puppet government of
Johannes Vares from 21 June to 25 August 1940
119 REORGANISATION OF THE POLICE FORCE AND THE COURT SYSTEM. PEOPLE’S HOME GUARD
Peeter Kaasik, Toomas Hiio, Argo Kuusik
124 APPENDIX 1.
Dismissal of the Estonian Political Police personnel by the Government of Johannes Vares
131 LIQUIDATION OF THE ESTONIAN DEFENCE LEAGUE IN 1940
Peeter Kaasik
140 APPENDIX 1.
Enactment for disbanding the Defence League
141 APPENDIX 2.
Territorial structure of the Defence League in 1940
143 DISBANDING OF THE ESTONIAN ARMY AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS
Peeter Kaasik
163 BEGINNING OF SOVIETISATION OF THE ECONOMY, AGRICULTURE AND SOCIAL POLICY
Peeter Kaasik, Toomas Hiio
175 DISSOLUTION OF PROFESSIONAL CHAMBERS, REORGANISATION OF WORKERS’ ASSOCIATIONS
AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS
Peeter Kaasik, Toomas Hiio
179 APPENDIX.
Dissolution of the professional chambers
181 EDUCATION, UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH. THE BEGINNING OF SOVIETISATION
Toomas Hiio, Peeter Kaasik
189 SOVIETISATION OF THE PRESS
Peeter Kaasik, Toomas Hiio
193 RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
Peeter Kaasik
195 LEGAL CONTINUATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA AND THE POLICIES OF
NON-RECOGNITION
Toomas Hiio
199 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOVIET UNION IN ESTONIA IN THE SUMMER OF 1940.
DECISIONS OF THE POLITBURO CONCERNING ESTONIA IN 1940–1941
Indrek Paavle
207 THE ESSR SUPREME SOVIET AND ITS PRESIDIUM IN 1940–1941
Indrek Paavle
217 THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE’S COMMISSARS OF THE ESTONIAN SSR IN 1940–1941
Indrek Paavle
241 SOVIETISATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN 1940–1941
Indrek Paavle
257 FATE OF THE ESTONIAN BORDER GUARDIN 1940–1941
Tiit Noormets
271 SOVIETISATION OF THE ESTONIAN COURT SYSTEM IN 1940–1941
Peeter Kaasik, Meelis Maripuu
286 APPENDIX 1.
Replacement of judges
291 APPENDIX 2.
Supreme Court of the ESSR
293 APPENDIX 3.
Staff of the Prosecutor’s Office of the ESSR on 7 April 1941
297 INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND STATE SECURITY INSTITUTIONS OF THE ESSR IN 1940–1941
Valdur Ohmann
303 APPENDIX 1.
ESSR People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs in 1940–1941
306 APPENDIX 2.
ESSR People’s Commissariat for State Security. Structure on 1 April 1941
309 POLITICAL REPRESSION FROM JUNE TO AUGUST 1940
Peeter Kaasik, Toomas Hiio
312 APPENDIX.
Fate of 14 individuals arrested in Estonia in June and July 1940
319 POLITICAL ARRESTS AND COURT CASES FROM AUGUST 1940 TO SEPTEMBER 1941
Meelis Maripuu, Argo Kuusik
329 APPENDIX 1.
Article 58 of the Penal Code of the RSFSR
332 APPENDIX 2.
Individuals sentenced to death and executed in Estonia in 1940–1941
by different war tribunals. Executions without any judicial procedure
363 THE DEPORTATIONS OF 14 JUNE 1941
Meelis Maripuu, Peeter Kaasik
380 APPENDIX 1.
Operational instructions for the deportation of the anti-Soviet element
from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
384 APPENDIX 2.
USSR NKGB and NKVD joint directive No. 0053/0051. 4 June 19418
388 APPENDIX 3.
Order for the deportation of the family of Jüri Uluots
389 APPENDIX 4.
Instructions to the heads of the echelons for sending detainees out from the Baltic States
391 FATE OF THE ESTONIAN ELITE IN 1940–1941
Indrek Paavle
400 APPENDIX 1.
Fate of the members of the Estonian governments in 1918–1940
PART II
Combat in Estonia in 1941
413 COMBAT IN ESTONIA IN 1941
Toomas Hiio
431 MOBILISATION INTO THE RED ARMY IN ESTONIA IN 1941
Tiit Noormets
445 EVACUATION IN 1941 TO THE REAR AREA IN THE SOVIET UNION
Peeter Kaasik, TOEnis Möldre
469 DESTRUCTION BATTALIONS IN ESTONIA IN 1941
488 APPENDIX 1.
Data concerning the leadership of destruction battalions and workers’ regiments
formed in Estonia in 1941
490 APPENDIX 2.
“Concerning the organisation of defence of the rear area of the 8th Army”.
The order of Deputy Commander of rear area defence of the 8th Army in the sphere
Lieutenant Colonel L. Golovkin dated 15 July 1941
491 APPENDIX 3.
Decoration of combatants, commanders and political workers of the destruction battalions of
the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the Estonian SSR. Act of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR dated 16 August 1941
495 ESTONIA FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER, 1941: FOREST BROTHERS AND SUMMER WAR
Peeter Kaasik, Mika Raudvassar
PART III
German occupation 1941–1944
521 GERMAN CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATION IN ESTONIA IN 1941–1944
Meelis Maripuu
539 ESTONIAN SELF-ADMINISTRATION IN 1941–1944
Indrek Paavle
569 COURT SYSTEM IN ESTONIA IN 1941–1944
Argo Kuusik
573 GERMAN POLICE INSTITUTIONS IN ESTONIA IN 1941–1944
Argo Kuusik
577 SECURITY POLICE AND SD IN ESTONIA IN 1941–1944
Argo Kuusik
596 APPENDIX 1.
Task division plan of the Security Police and SD in Estonia. Effective from 18 March 1944
603 GERMAN ORDER POLICE IN ESTONIA IN 1941–1944
Argo Kuusik
607 ESTONIAN CONSTABULARY IN 1941–1944
Argo Kuusik
610 APPENDIX 1.
Comparative table of Estonian and German police officers positions and ranks of the SS
611 SECRET FIELD POLICE OF THE WEHRMACHT IN ESTONIA IN 1941–1944
Argo Kuusik
613 PUBLIC SENTIMENTS DURING THE PERIOD OF GERMAN OCCUPATION
Argo Kuusik
639 ESTONIAN CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS EXECUTED OR DECEASED IN IMPRISONMENT
IN 1941–1944. AN OVERVIEW
Indrek Paavle
648 APPENDIX 1.
Executions procedure
649 APPENDIX 2.
Statistics of the death sentences pronounced in 1941–1942
651 EXECUTION OF ESTONIAN JEWS IN LOCAL DETENTION INSTITUTIONS IN 1941–1942
Meelis Maripuu
663 SOVIET INVESTIGATIONS, CONCERNING THE EXECUTIONS IN ESTONIA DURING
THE GERMAN OCCUPATION IN 1941–1944
Indrek Paavle
679 PRISON CAMPS IN ESTONIA IN 1941–1944
Meelis Maripuu, Riho Västrik
681 PLACES OF IMPRISONMENT SUBORDINATE TO THE CHIEF OF THE SECURITY POLICE AND SD
IN 1941–1944 ESTONIA
Meelis Maripuu
689 TARTU CONCENTRATION CAMP IN 1941–1944
Riho Västrik
705 ANNIHILATION OF CZECH AND GERMAN JEWS IN ESTONIA IN 1942–1943
Meelis Maripuu
715 APPENDIX.
The personnel of Jägala concentration camp
717 FRENCH JEWS AT THE TALLINN CENTRAL PRISON IN 1944
Meelis Maripuu
719 VAIVARA CONCENTRATION CAMP IN 1943–1944
Riho Västrik, Meelis Maripuu
739 SOVIET PRISONERS OF WAR IN ESTONIA IN 1941–1944
Meelis Maripuu
PART IV
Estonian military units in the Soviet and German armed forces
769 FORMATION OF THE ESTONIAN ARMY INTO THE RED ARMY RIFLE CORPS
Peeter Kaasik
791 APPENDIX 1.
The fate of the Estonian generals (in active service in 1940)
792 APPENDIX 2.
The structure and location of units of the 22nd (Estonian) Territorial Rifle Corps
of the Red Army in 1940–1941
797 ESTONIAN OMAKAITSE IN 1941–1944
Argo Kuusik
804 APPENDIX 1.
Omakaitse territorial regiments (Malev) and commanders on 1 February 1943
807 ESTONIAN SECURITY GROUPS AND EASTERN BATTALIONS IN GERMAN ARMY IN 1941–1944
Toomas Hiio
825 ESTONIAN DEFENCE BATTALIONS / POLICE BATTALIONS IN THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES
Aivar Niglas, Toomas Hiio
877 SOVIET INVESTIGATIONS CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF ESTONIAN DEFENCE BATTALIONS
AND POLICE BATTALIONS OF THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES IN 1941–1944
Indrek Paavle
885 FORMATION OF THE ESTONIAN RIFLE CORPSIN 1941–1942
Peeter Kaasik
903 APPENDIX 1.
Structure of 7th and 249th Estonian Rifle Divisions and 8th Estonian Rifle Corps
and commanders of units in 1942
909 THE 8TH ESTONIAN RIFLE CORPS IN NORTHWESTERN RUSSIA IN 1942–1944
Peeter Kaasik
927 ESTONIAN UNITS IN THE WAFFEN-SS
Toomas Hiio, Peeter Kaasik
969 ESTONIAN BORDER DEFENCE REGIMENTS IN 1944
Aivar Niglas, Toomas Hiio
999 APPENDIX 1.
Commanders and battalion commanders of the border defence regiments
1001 THE 8TH ESTONIAN RIFLE CORPS IN THE CONQUEST OF ESTONIA IN 1944,
IN COURLAND AND FROM SUMMER 1945 IN ESTONIA
Peeter Kaasik
1019 ESTONIAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY AFTER WORLD WAR II
Kaarel Piirimäe
PART V
Combat in Estonia in 1944.
Attempt to restore the independence of Estonia in 1944
1035 COMBAT IN ESTONIA IN 1944
Toomas Hiio
1095 THE GOVERNMENT OF OTTO TIEF AND THE ATTEMPT TO RESTORE THE INDEPENDENCE
OF ESTONIA IN 1944: A LEGAL APPRAISAL
Lauri Mälksoo
1107 INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF ESTONIA IN 1941–1944: A LEGAL APPRAISAL
Lauri Mälksoo
1113 REPATRIATIONS TO ESTONIA AND REPATRIATION POLICY IN ESSR 1944–1955
Ranno Roosi
PART VI
1129 BIOGRAPHIES
1191 CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS IN 1939–1945
1237 BIBLIOGRAPHY
1289 COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ESTONIAN, GERMAN AND SOVIET RANKS
1293 TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
1305 INDEX
1305 PERSONAL NAME INDEX
1325 GEOGRAPHICAL NAME INDEX
1339 MAPS
1339 MAP 1.
Estonia 1939: counties and rural municipalities
1341 MAP 2.
The organisation of the NKVD and NKGB in Estonia 1940 –1941
1343 MAP 3.
Combat in Estonia 1941. The front on 21 July
1345 MAP 4.
Combat in Estonia 1941. The front on 11 August
1347 MAP 5.
Combat in Estonia 1941. The front on 24 August
1349 MAP 6.
Northern part of the Occupied Eastern Territories
1351 MAP 7.
The organisation of the Security Police and SD in Estonia 1941–1944
1353 MAP 8.
Vaivara Concentration Camp and Soviet POW camps in Estonia 1941–1944
1355 MAP 9.
Estonian Military units of the German Army in the rear area of
Army Group “Nord” 1942–1943
1357 MAP 10.
Combat in Estonia 1944

[Tapani K.]

Tere Reigo,

do you know if this will be published in the internet, as was e.g. the Valgeraamat ( http://www.riigikogu.ee/public/Riigikog ... Raamat.pdf ) ?

regards,
Tapani K.

PS. I was in Tallinn couple of weeks ago and bought Loodearmee. Now I am just waiting for a chance to have some time to actually read it.

[Reigo]

Hello Tapani,

Unfortunately I have no idea if it will be ever published in the internet. Though it seems logical...

All the best,