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Evald Mikson

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544: 505: 403: 326:. Mikson's descendants have reportedly claimed that he had been at least on one occasion imprisoned by the Germans for hiding details about witnesses from his superiors. However, records obtained by the Simon Wiesenthal Center indicate that he was actually detained for possessing gold stolen from his Jewish victims. 295:
Mikson himself claimed in 1992 that he was being called a Nazi collaborator and war criminal because of a "former colleague from the Estonian police force who is now a rich man living in Venezuela and who wanted revenge after I wrote an article about him and his crimes against Estonians in World War
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Mikson escaped from Estonia to Sweden in 1944. In 1946, he was transported to the Norwegian border, where a boat to Venezuela waited. However, the boat was stranded in Iceland, and he remained there until his death.
249: 240:. At the age of 19, he joined the army where he served for one and a half year. In the 1930s he played football semi-professionally while also studying in the police academy in 625: 687: 244:. A multi-sport athlete, he also played basketball in Tallinn rom 1934 to 1936. He later worked for the Estonian political police (PolPol). He escaped Estonia following the 712: 600: 672: 189: 717: 682: 245: 307:, Julius Ennok and Ervin Viks, for having signed numerous death warrants when they were members of the Political Police (Department B IV), headed by Ennok. 208:. He later emigrated to Iceland where he became heavily involved in sports and is credited as one of the pioneers in introducing basketball to the nation. 707: 697: 702: 677: 425: 557: 667: 267:
where he became an athletic coach. Mikson has been credited as one of the pioneers of basketball in Iceland and was the first coach of
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athlete and police officer. A multi-sport athlete, he played basketball and football and was a goalkeeper for the
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against the local Jews during the German occupation of Estonia, when he was working as Deputy Head of Police in
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Mikson had three children with his wife Sigríður Bjarnadóttir, including footballers
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Estonian International Commission for Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity
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Estonian International Commission for Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity
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Fortuna-Held Edvaldsson (†62) Als mir Atli Frikadellen mit Marmelade anbot
323: 260: 458: 442: 319: 263:. In 1949, he married Sigríður Bjarnadóttir and together they moved to 241: 174: 91: 60: 217: 56: 181:, winning seven caps between 1934 and 1938. During the 1941–1944 205: 558:"Phase II: The German Occupation of Estonia in 1941–1944" 228:. At a young age, he started playing sports, including 138: 112: 107: 97: 83: 71: 52: 37: 29: 24: 173:29 June] 1911 – 27 December 1993) was an 443:"Iceland, the Jews, and anti-semetism, 1625–2004" 122: 371: 369: 367: 603:. Simon Wiesenthal Center. 2001. Archived from 441:Vilhjálmur Örn Vilhjálmsson (23 October 2007). 519:"Veit að mál mín verða rannsökuð í Eistlandi" 8: 314:published allegations that Mikson committed 19: 527:(in Icelandic). 21 February 1992. p. 2 488:(in Icelandic). 28 December 1993. p. 4 376:Jóhanna Ingvarsdóttir (22 September 1991). 259:After moving to Iceland, he first lived in 130: 18: 595: 593: 480:"Eðvald Hinriksson sjúkraþjálfari látinn" 673:Estonian collaborators with Nazi Germany 192:with Germany during his service in the 688:Estonia men's international footballers 363: 718:People from the Governorate of Livonia 713:Men's association football goalkeepers 283:Mikson died at St. Jósefs Hospital in 7: 420:. 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Index

Tartu
Estonia
Russian Empire
Hafnarfjörður
Iceland
Goalkeeper
Estonia
Icelandic
O.S.
Estonian
Estonia national football team
Nazi German
occupation of Estonia
collaborator
police force
Estonian Self-Administration
war crimes
Jews
Tartu
Governorate of Livonia
Russian Empire
football
basketball
ice hockey
Tallinn
Soviet invasion of Estonia
Germany's occupation of Estonia
Akureyri
Vestmannaeyjar
ÍR men's basketball team

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