Overview of the Elias Kasak typescript : Mälestusi

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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

box 1

Typescript