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On [[February 5]] [[1945]] in [[Berlin]], he founded the ''[[Eesti Vabadusliit]]'' together with SS-[[Obersturmbannführer]] [[Harald Riipalu]].<ref>[http://www.hot.ee/vaikal/tana_02.htm Veebruari sündmused] {{et icon}}</ref> |
On [[February 5]] [[1945]] in [[Berlin]], he founded the ''[[Eesti Vabadusliit]]'' together with SS-[[Obersturmbannführer]] [[Harald Riipalu]].<ref>[http://www.hot.ee/vaikal/tana_02.htm Veebruari sündmused] {{et icon}}</ref> |
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He was sentenced to the capital punishment during the [[Estonian war crimes trials, 1961]] but was not extradited by [[Great Britain]] and died there in peace. |
He was sentenced to the capital punishment during the Soviet [[Estonian war crimes trials, 1961]] but was not extradited by [[Great Britain]] and died there in peace. |
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Revision as of 05:44, 12 August 2007
Ain-Ervin Mere (from birth to Estification Ain-Ervin Martson, also known as Ain Mere), February 22 1903 - April 5 1969, Leicester, England) was a leading Estonian collaborator with Nazi Germany. An Obersturmbannführer in the SS, he was also the head of the Sicherheitspolizei in Estonia (Estonian Security Police) following its creation in 1942.
According to the KGB archives, he was also an agent of NKVD, recruited on October 10. 1940. He was known under code name "Müller" [1][2]
On February 5 1945 in Berlin, he founded the Eesti Vabadusliit together with SS-Obersturmbannführer Harald Riipalu.[3]
He was sentenced to the capital punishment during the Soviet Estonian war crimes trials, 1961 but was not extradited by Great Britain and died there in peace.
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