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ADMINISTRATORS OF GERMAN OCCUPIED ESTONIA 1941 - 1944 German administrators In 1941 Estonia was occupied by German troops and after a brief period of military rule - dependent of the Commanders of the Army Group North (in the occupied U.S.S.R. ) - a German civilian administration was established and Estonia was organized as a General Kommissariat becoming soon afterwards part of the Reichskommissariat Ostland. ''Generalkommissar'' (subordinated to the Reichskommissar Ostland)
''S.S. und Polizeiführer'' (responsible for internal security and war against the resistance - directly subordinated to the H.S.S.P.F. of Ostland, not to the Generalkommissar)
''Lagerkommandant'' (resposible for the operation of all concentration camps within the Reichskommissariat Ostland)
Estonian administrators An indigenous Estonian administration was established immediately after the conquest by the local German administrators. It was formally recognized by the German central authorities in 1942, but it never had any real power, most administrative tasks being done by the offices of the Generalkommissariat. ''Landesdirektoren'' Landsdirector - General
Landsdirector for Home Affairs
Landsdirectors for Justice
Landsdirector for Finance
HOLOCAUST IN ESTONIA 1941 - 1944 A" from the December is marked as '' Judenfrei ''.]] Estonia had a Jewish population of 4,500 people before the war. Round-ups and killings of Jews began immediately following the arrival of the first German troops in 1941, who were closely followed by the extermination squad Einsatzkommando (Sonderkommando) 1A, part of Einsatzgruppe A . Arrests and executions continued as the Germans, with the assistance of local collaborators, advanced through Estonia. About 75% of Estonia's Jewish community, aware of the fate that otherwise awaited them, managed to escape to the Soviet Union; virtually all the remainder (between 950 and 1000 men, women and children) were killed before the end of 1941. Less than a dozen Estonian Jews are known to have survived the war in Estonia. The Nazi regime also established 22 Concentration And Labor Camps in Estonia for foreign Jews, the largest, Vaivara , had 20,000 Jewish prisoners pass through its gates, and several thousand foreign Jews were killed at the Kalevi-Liiva camp. SEE ALSO
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