Allegiance Soviet Union Battles/wars World War II | Years of service 1941–1945 Name Otomars Oskalns | |
Died 1 September 1947
Riga, Latvian SSR,
Soviet Union Unit 3rd Latvian partisan brigade Awards Order of Lenin
Order of the Patriotic War II class | ||
Otomārs Oškalns (12 April 1904 — 1 September 1947) was a prominent Latvian communist and partisan fighter.
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He was one of three Latvian Soviet partisans who became Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Life
Since 1925 worked as a school teacher.
Since 1939 - communist.
Awards
Memory
Small bronze monument was erected in Jēkabpils after his death.
After his death, Riga's second largest railway station was named after him.
When Latvia became independent in 1991, Oškalns was viewed as a Soviet collaborator, and his name was stripped from the railway station. Monuments to him were also removed from public locations.
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