Karl Säre
Karl Säre (July 2, 1903 – March 14, 1945) was a Soviet and Estonian communist politician. He was the first first secretary of the Central Committee of the Estonian Communist Party. During World War II, he was arrested by Nazi Germany and taken to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where he died in 1945. The Soviet government avoided the mention of Säre's name in any public sources, as he was suspected of treason by disclosing to Nazi Germany information about the Stalinist officials and pro-Soviet agents who had remained in German-occupied Estonia during the war.
Karl Säre | |
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Portrait of Säre, 1941 | |
| First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia | |
| In office 12 September 1940 – September 1941 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Karotamm |
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| Born | 2 July 1903 Tartu, Estonia (then Russian Empire) |
| Died | 14 March 1945 (aged 41) Neuengamme concentration camp, Nazi Germany |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Political party | All-Union Communist Party (b) (1927-1941) |
| Alma mater | Communist University of the National Minorities of the West International Lenin School |
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