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Ruut, Oskar

Date of birth:
April 24th, 1916 (Valga, Estonia)
Date of death:
August 3rd, 1944 (Sinimäed, Estonia)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Toila
Nationality:
Estonian

Biography

Oskar Ruut was born on April 24th, 1916 as Oskar Rosenstock.

Promotions:
?: kapraliks (Corporal Estonian Army);
24 februari 1937: lipnikuks (Ensign Estonian Army);
?: SS-Obersturmführer.

Career:
1932 - 1935: Valga Gymnasium;
?: 3. Üksikus Jalaväepataljonis (3rd Infantry Battalion, Estonian Army);
?: 7. Jalaväerügementi (7th Infantry Regiment, Estonian Army);
1941: Underground resistance agains Soviet occupation;
1942: Politseipataljon (Estonian Special Police);
?: Estnische SS-Legion;
?: SS-Junkerschule, Bad Tölz;
?: 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (estnische Nr.1).

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 8th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:
Kommandeur Waffen-Füsillier-Bataillon 20 / 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „Estnische Nr. 1“
Awarded on:
February 15th, 1945

Awarded posthumous.
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Sources

  • Photo 1: Andri Ollema's private collection
  • - Runge H., Ausländische freiwillige Angehörige der Waffen SS als Träger der Ehrenblattspange des Heeres, 21.04.2008, unpublished list
    - Hein, R., Hando Ruus: kunstnik ja legendaarse "Narva" pataljoni ohvitser" Tartu, Greif, 2000