Oskar Angelus

Oskar Angelus (7 May 1892 – 3 November 1979) was an Estonian politician and collaborator with Nazi Germany.

He participated in the Estonian War of Independence and was awarded the Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class.

In 1941, after the German occupation of Estonia and the establishment of the Estonian Self-Administration (which was subordinated to Reichskomissariat Ostland), Angelus was made Director for Home Affairs.

[1] When the German forces retreated from Estonia in 1944, Angelus fled to Germany.

Angelus lived in the Scanian city of Lund until his death in 1979, and was never prosecuted for his role in the Holocaust.