Karl Säre
Karl Säre was an Estonian communist politician.
He was the first first secretary of the Central Comittee of the Estonian Communist Party ie the de facto leader of the Estonian SSR.
During World War II, he was arrested by the Nazi Germany and taken to Sachsenhausen concentration camp and Neuengamme concentration camp, where he died. Until the end of the Soviet period, the mention of Säre's name in public sources was avoided, as he disclosed to Nazi Germany information about the communist organization that remained in Estonia during the war.
