1993 Interview (in Tartu, Estonia) with Harald Nugiseks, former member of the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) of the Waffen-SS and Knight's Cross

I would like to jump right in and ask what attracted you to join the Germans, and particularly the Waffen SS?

Harald: That would be a long and boring story, but I will give you a quick version. To understand why you need to understand our history as a nation, and what happened in 1940. Estonia was a free land, given its independence from our former Russ…