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Otto Tief
Otto Tief was an Estonian lawyer and politician who fought in the Estonian War of Independence. In September 1944, as German forces withdrew, he formed a government in Tallinn on 18 September in an attempt to restore Estonian independence before the Red Army arrived. The government was dispersed within days; Tief was arrested by the Soviet authorities and spent years in labour camps.
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