August Sabbe

August Sabbe

August Sabbe (September 1, 1909September 27, 1978) was one of the last surviving Estonian members of the Forest Brothers, a group of citizens of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania who resisted and fought against the Soviet occupation of their three nations. Sabbe hid in the forests of Estonia, living off of the land like other Forest Brothers.

In 1978, at the age of 69, Sabbe was found by two KGB agents posing as fishermen. When they attempted to capture him, he jumped into a river and hooked himself to a submerged log, ending his life. However, this story is sometimes contested by KGB.

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* Józef Franczak


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