1. Harald Nugiseks was an Estonian serviceman in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.
15 Facts About Harald Nugiseks
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Harald Nugiseks was born on Vanaou farmstead, Karjakula village, Jarva County, Sarevere Province, Estonia.
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Harald Nugiseks's parents were peasant farmers, and Harald attended the basic school at Laupa.
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Harald Nugiseks joined the Estonian Security battalion from the Commercial Institute at Pairu on 2 October 1941.
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Harald Nugiseks became part of 185th battalion of General Georg von Kuchler's 18th Army officially known as Estniche Sicherungs Abteilung which was used as a security unit in the rearguard.
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Three Estonian volunteer battalions were sent to Volkhov, when Harald Nugiseks joined 660th commanded by Major Ellram.
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In December 1943, Harald Nugiseks was transferred to the 16th Army.
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Harald Nugiseks took part in fighting along the right bank of the Narva River.
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Harald Nugiseks received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for leading the capture of the Vaasa-Siivertsi-Vepskula bridgehead.
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Harald Nugiseks immediately changed tactics, loading a supply of hand grenade onto sledges so the stormtroopers would not have to crawl back for supplies over the minefields.
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Harald Nugiseks was mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht and in the Nazi Signal magazine following his Knight's Cross award, which was personally given to him by the SA occupation head in Estonia, Karl-Siegmund Litzmann on 9 April 1944, while Harald Nugiseks was recuperating in Turi hospital.
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Harald Nugiseks was captured by Czech partisans in May 1945 and put in a prisoner-of-war camp.
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Harald Nugiseks managed to return to Estonia in 1958: on release from Tyumenskaya oblast he worked as a labourer in Parnu area of Estonia until his retirement.
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On 21 February 1994, service to his country was recognised when Major-General Aleksander Einseln made Harald Nugiseks a Retired Captain of the Estonian Defence Forces.
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Harald Nugiseks attended reburial of Alfons Rebane, another Estonian Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross holder, ordered by the Estonian government.