Herbert Brede

Herbert Lorentz Brede (25 April 1888 in Püssi – 6 October 1942 in Norilsk) was an Estonian soldier and general.^[1]

Born(1888-04-25)25 April 1888

Püssi, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire

Died6 October 1942(1942-10-06) (aged 54)

Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Allegiance Russian Empire

Branch Imperial Russian Army

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Herbert Lorentz Bred
Brede, c. 1930.
Born	(1888-04-25)25 April 1888 Püssi, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
Died	6 October 1942(1942-10-06) (aged 54) Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Conflicts	First World War Estonian War of Independence

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Brede fought in World War I as an officer of the Imperial Russian Army against the Central Powers. After World War I he fought against the Red Army in the Estonian War of Independence.

After Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union, he was transferred to the Soviet Army. When Germany invaded Estonia in June 1941, he was arrested by NKVD and sent to Norillag prison camp, where he was executed the next year.