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Title: Elias Kasak typescript : Mälestusi
Date: undated
Collection Number: 89013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Estonian
Physical Description:
1 item (vi, 946 p.) (1 manuscript box)
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Relates to Russian military operations during World War I, the establishment of Estonian armed forces in 1918, the Estonian
war for independence, interwar Estonian politics, the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940, conditions in German prison camps
during World War II, and recruitment of Estonians for the German armed forces. Includes Parts I-VI only; Part VII missing.
Photocopy.
Creator:
Kasak, Elias, 1895-1985
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1989.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Elias Kasak typescript : Mälestusi, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library &
Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
Colonel, Estonian army; German prisoner, 1941-1944; subsequently émigré in the United States.
Scope and Content of Collection
Relates to Russian military operations during World War I, the establishment of Estonian armed forces in 1918, the Estonian
war for independence, interwar Estonian politics, the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940, conditions in German prison camps
during World War II, and recruitment of Estonians for the German armed forces. Includes Parts I-VI only; Part VII missing.
Photocopy.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
World War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists
Prisoners of war
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
Officers
Estonia -- History
World War, 1939-1945 -- Estonia
Russia. Armii͡a
Estonia. Armee