Ants Kaljurand

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Ants Kaljurand (20 October 1917 – 13 March 1951)

Ants Kaljurand was born on 20 October 1917 in Tallinn.^[2] His mother Juula was born in 1887. There is no information about his father.^[2] Kaljurand grew up in the village of Teesu near Pidula Bay on the island of Saaremaa. He graduated from Pidula Primary School.

In 1935, he went to Koonga Parish (now

During Estonia's Soviet era, Kaljurand served as the local leader of the Armed Combat Union (Relvastatud Võitluse Liit), founded under the leadership of Endel Redlich, in Soontaga.

Capture and execution

It was not until midsummer 1949 that the NKVD arrested him.^[2][5]

On 24 June 1949 Ants Kaljurand and two members of his squad were discovered sleeping in the woods near the village of Võitra. Forest Brother Aleksander Valter and Arved Pill were seriously wounded in an exchange of fire. Ants tried to escape, but was wounded with a bayonet and captured.^[6]

Kaljurand, Pill and Juhan Metsaäär were sentenced to death, others to from ten to twenty-five years in a prison camp. They were executed on 13 March 1951.^[2][7]

Memorial

On 10 July 2011 a memorial stone of Ants Kaljurand was unveiled at the

• Estonian partisans
• Summer War

References

Further reading

• Valdek Kiiver: Hirmus-Ants. Bandiit, kangelane, legend. Kirjastus Aja lood,
  ISBN 9789949210688
  (in Estonian)
• Mati Mandel: Kogu tõde Hirmus Antsust?. Eesti Ajaloomuuseum,
  ISBN 9789985988947
  (in Estonian)

External links

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• Varsti tulevad Truman ja Hirmus Ants!^{[permanent dead link]} – Maaleht (in Estonian)
• Raivo Raudkivi, Lapsepõlve lood: öine külaline ehk Hirmsa Antsuga söögilauas^{[permanent dead link]} (in Estonian)